Dance, Stand, Run Quotes

“if by grace we have faith in Jesus, we are already holy. Look down at your feet, look around at your home, and take a long glance at your life as it is now: you’re on holy ground. If you have the identity of Jesus written over your life, you cannot become more holy, you cannot grow to be more holy, you cannot act more holy. You just are. Already.”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“How often was I doing this—living on the outside like someone who isn’t thinking about God all the time, when on the inside my heart is solely for Him? Was this how I was leading others? Ignoring the sacred to fit in and seem normal?”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“Jesus lets her feel the weight of her sin so that she can feel the strength of His grace.”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“If we could see the fullness of our sin and the depth of His grace, we’d dance. If we knew our true identity as holy daughters of God, made right with Him and called to stay set apart for His glory and our abundance, we’d stand firm. And if we fully grasped both of these things, you wouldn’t be able to stop the women of God from running on mission”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground