The Ultimate Exodus Quotes

“the verse that talks about the valley of the shadow of death is movement. The psalmist is passing through the valley; even in the midst of our enemies, the Lord is preparing a feast for us. The movement of the psalm suggests that we move through even our darkest times. We don’t lie down in the valley; we walk through it. We sit at the table God sets in the presence of our enemies, enjoy his feast, and then get up and keep moving. The enemy never has the final word. We move on.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“Joseph was raised in a desert to lead in a palace, but Moses was raised in a palace to lead in a desert.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“The Salvation Army, was always talking about the trajectory of freedom and equality in people’s lives. He used to say that our job was to get people saved, keep them saved, and empower them to get someone else saved. In other words, the freedom of one person from oppression was the possibility of another person’s freedom from oppression. Our freedom was for something greater than ourselves.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“I’d suggest the Sabbath is a way of defying slavery. Slaves, by definition, cannot stop working. Sabbath is living in such a way that we are no longer slaves.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“First, she told me, you’ve got to imagine a better world. Second, you’ve got to truly understand the oppression.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“I remember someone once saying, during a time of sung worship, that sometimes you sing because you believe and sometimes you sing until you believe—and both are good. That’s because worship shifts things. Worship is warfare—a confrontation of spiritual power, realigning us with truth.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“All the great reformers of history saw liberation extending beyond the oppressed to result in redemption of the oppressor, and the reconciliation of both.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“What the world longs for is not more of the same, but something different: a people who embody something good. Freedom from the inside out.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You

“Our task in life is to come into agreement with God about who we are. This understanding that our value comes from God and not from ourselves or the world around us is liberating at our core.”
― Danielle Strickland, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You