“Sometimes the fear of failure steals the beauty we were meant to create.”
― What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms
― What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms
“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him. ~ C. S. Lewis”
― Chasing God
― Chasing God
“The true understanding of our own depravity isn’t a punishment—it’s an opportunity to understand the value of the gift.”
― Chasing God
― Chasing God
“The one thing that is specifically forbidden is vengeance, the very human longing to get back at someone. Perhaps you know the expression, “I want him to pay for what he did.” How much passion there can be in those words! But getting even, paying back—vengeance—is territory that God expressly reserves for himself. “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” he says. To try to get even is a dangerous business. We are playing God—stepping into a place that he claims as his own.”
― Chasing God
― Chasing God
“Churches should be places where people come to hear the story of God and to tell their own. That’s how we find out how the two relate. Tell your story with all of its shadows and fog, so people can understand their own. They want a leader who’s authentic, someone trying to figure out how to follow the Lord Jesus in the joy and wreckage of life. They need you, not Moses,”
― Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole
― Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole
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