Make it Happen Quotes

“Waiting on God can refine us and build our faith. Some of the best things in life come with patient waiting and a period of growth. Friend, this season of waiting might be your time of ripening.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Over time the impossible standards we set for ourselves become the measuring stick for our worth. We start to believe that if we don’t measure up, we aren’t enough. We begin to feel worthless.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Nurturing a plant takes a commitment to gradual, daily care. You can’t grow something by soaking it in a bucket of water all at once. In the same way, you can’t work hard on a goal, giving it your all for one day out of your life, and then forget about it come January 2. Commit to daily tending. Our lives will bloom through daily decisions and habits—daily tending, nurturing, and pruning—not just the giant leaps made once in a while.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Busy is the enemy of peace. Busy takes us away from our purpose. Busy is not truly productive in the big picture. Busy means life’s joys and surprises can’t find a way into our lives because we’re moving too fast to see and experience them. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to move so fast that I miss my life.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“your past and your mistakes—no matter how heavy or confusing or deep they run—do not define you. No matter what you have done or experienced, you can receive God’s grace. His forgiveness is bigger than your mistakes. His power is bigger than your past or your present.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Do one thing at a time. Do it well. Or just get it done. Done is better than perfect, and doing one thing well is better than doing a thousand mediocre things.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Am I acting on faith or feelings?”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“We make things happen when we make the choice to shift from denying of the unknown to starting.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Leaps of faith mean giving something up for the sake of something better, letting something die in order for something new to be able to grow.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“When we work heartily for the Lord, the mundane becomes meaningful, and the bigger tasks are given greater energy and focus.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Throughout the Bible, God chose ordinary and imperfect people—fishermen, shepherds, and farmers—to do astounding things. Even though we are ordinary, God can make the impossible possible when we humble ourselves and surrender our fears to Him. God does not need you to be a superhero in order to use you for His great purposes. He just needs your humble, willing heart.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“The enemy of taking action is the false belief in "someday." Do the good you know you ought to do-and start now. Do it knowing that you might not have as much time as you think. The alternative is to do nothing, and that does, well, nothing. Don't wait to live.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“What if ending the chase and living on purpose means intentionally leaning in to what might feel imperfect?”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“I wanted to feel alive. I wanted to be on the right path, but I couldn’t get the self-defeating thoughts to stop. Then I read these words: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Cor. 5:17). I so badly wanted to be made completely new. Little by little over the next decade, God helped me replace the lies I had believed with truths.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“The Proverbs 31 woman is hardworking, a savvy businesswoman, a loving homemaker, a wise mother, and praised by her husband and children. It’s easy to read the first twenty-nine verses and think, I will never measure up to that! Read verse 30, though, and you see the truth: “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” The reason the Proverbs 31 woman was able to develop these characteristics over the course of her lifetime was because her strength was not her own. The only thing that was perfect about her was God’s transformative power.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“Write what I want you to write. Day by day, word by word, trust Me. Write My story in your life. I have a plan. All of this pain and failure led you to Me. Your past does not define you anymore; I do. Walk into the dead places of your life, and give them to Me. I will make them new.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“In Matthew 7:7, Jesus told us, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Ask. Seek. Knock. Whatever leap of faith has been on your heart, ask God for it. Then, wait on His reply and, whether it is a yes or a no, trust in His perfect plan.”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.

“computer, I heard”
― Lara Casey, Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose.