Josh K’s Reviews > Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace > Status Update

"Happiness comes as the result of disciplined desire. In every area of life, from sex to diet to money, happiness or 'the good life' is what happens after you discipline your desires."

"To be receptive to God’s healing, we must make the choice to feel; but we often buy into the lie that we need something to help numb the pain."

Holiness is not attempting to become better than others, it is the pursuit of becoming more like Jesus and better than yesterday's version of myself.

"If Jesus really is the truth as he claimed to be, then I'm confident an honest, open pursuit of truth, no matter what circuitous route it takes, will eventually lead you to Jesus. When you walk in the light, you need not fear the shadow."

"The Genesis 3 lie is the paradigmatic lie behind all lies. The deception, or really temptation is and has always been twofold: 1) to seize autonomy from God and 2) to redefine good and evil based on the voice in our heads and the inclination of our hearts rather than trust in the loving word of God."

Spiritual maturity is the size of the gap between when God speaks and when I obey.