Quotes from Gary Thomas

Our motivation and our thoughts about our actions become as important as the actions themselves.

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest?

With Christ in us and the Holy Spirit transforming us, we really have no excuse for continuing immaturity.

To become a servant is to become strong spiritually. It means we are free from the petty demands and grievances that ruin so many lives and turn so many hearts into bitter cauldrons of disappointment, self-absorption, and self-pity.

This season in your life can be so productive spiritually if you use it to allow God to break you, shape you, and remake you," she told him. "We're always looking at what our spouses have done wrong, but God wants to deal with our own hearts first.

Any situation that calls me to confront my selfishness has enormous spiritual value.

it may feel as if they just want you to stop being you.

There are certain people who drain us, demean us, and distract us from other healthy relationships. Long after they're gone, we're still fighting with them in our minds and trying to get them out of our hearts. They keep us awake. They steal our joy. They demolish our peace. They make us (if we're honest with ourselves) weaker spiritually. They even invade times of worship and pervert them into seasons of fretting.

You don't marry a position. You marry a person.

The story of Isaac and Rebekah is an account of what was, but not necessarily of what should be for all of God's people.

One of Satan's cleverest attacks is getting us to pour our time and energy into people who resent the grace we share and who will never change, keeping us from spending time with and focusing on others whom we can love and serve.

Sometimes to follow in the footsteps of Jesus is to walk away from others or to let them walk away from us.