The Pressure's Off Quotes

“We’ll never abandon ourselves to the Spirit as long as we think we can change without Him.”
― Larry Crabb, The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live

“The Christian always has reason to celebrate. When we fail, celebrate His grace. When we are blessed, celebrate His mercy. When others reject us, celebrate His love.”
― Larry Crabb, The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live

“I once heard worship defined as celebrating the availability of God.”
― Larry Crabb, The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live

“abyss of wailing about life and loathing everything in it, including myself. When I’m there, sinking in the muck of despair, no amount of affirmation can pull me up. Until I realize that I belong there, until I see that there isn’t an ounce of love for anyone else in me (at least none that’s being expressed), until I’m broken by my own unworthiness to join a community of perfect love, I will think someone should rescue me. If someone tries, I won’t be grateful. I will wonder why they took so long in coming. Like you, I’m capable of walking out of a movie theater when the reason it was rated R becomes apparent, or extending kindness, including money, to hurting friends, or preaching a sermon on holiness—and doing”
― Larry Crabb, The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live