Defiant Joy Quotes

“Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God, that You died on the cross to rescue me from sin and death and to restore me to the Father. I choose now to turn from my sins, my self-centeredness, and every part of my life that does not please You. I choose You. I give myself to You. I receive Your forgiveness and ask You to take Your rightful place in my life as my Savior and Lord. Come reign in my heart, fill me with Your love and Your life, and help me to become a person who is truly loving—a person like You. Restore me, Jesus. Live in me. Love through me. Thank You, God. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“Defiant joy does not depend on feeling happy. Defiant joy is solely based on the victory of Jesus Christ and all that He has won for you.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“You must cultivate your hope if you are to live in joy. You need to think on what is coming. Remember the words of Peter: “Set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:13 ESV).”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“The more specific I am about the details I am concerned with as I pray, the better the results.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“No matter what, we can know an internal defiant joy because death has been defeated. Life has won. There is suffering, yes. But always there is the potential for joy.

In the face of the ultimate reality won for us by Jesus, we don’t have to pretend that life is better than it is, that we don’t hurt as much as we do, or that we feel happy when we are not. We are invited to be fully alive, awake, alert, and oriented to the truth, and to know that because of Jesus, we can be defiantly joyful.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“A grateful heart is a heart that is free. An ungrateful heart is a heart that is bound. Gratitude inevitably leads to freedom.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“The secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”5”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“Our hope is meant to be the anchor of our souls, to keep us steady in the middle of the storms of life.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“Joy and hope have a symbiotic relationship. Hope is the nutrient-rich soil in which joy flourishes. Without hope, there is no joy. And joy nourishes our hope. It is the fertilizer that helps us to cultivate ecstatic blooms.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“Hope is the nutrient-rich soil in which joy flourishes.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World

“That is why we must remember that though happiness is rooted in our circumstances, joy is rooted in eternity.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World