Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

The Devil is vicious, but he's not victorious.

To love God is to cooperate with His grace. And since I'm so very aware of my own need for grace, I must be willing to freely give it away. Each hole left from rejection must become an opportunity to create more and more space for grace in my heart.

My identity must be anchored to the truth of who God is and who He is to me. Only then can I find a stability beyond what my feelings will ever allow. The closer I align my truth with His truth, the more closely I identify with God—and the more my identity really is in Him.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

To be set aside is to be rejected.To be set apart is to be given an assignment that requires preparation.

How dangerous it is when our souls are gasping for God but we're too distracted flirting with the world to notice.

Living loved is sourced in your quiet daily surrender to the One who made you.

The Bible reminds us that we shouldn't "let any unwholesome talk come out of [our] mouths (or fly from our typing fingertips), but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." That's from Ephesians 4:29

Saying "I'm fine" to keep the peace, when we're really not fine, isn't honest. It may seem godly in the moment, but it's false godliness. Truth and godliness always walk hand in hand. The minute we divorce one from the other, we stray from soul integrity and give a foothold to the instability that inevitably leads to coming unglued.

It is beautiful when the Master chisels. God doesn't allow the unglued moments of our lives to happen so we'll label ourselves and stay stuck. He allows the unglued moments to make us aware of the chiseling that needs to be done.

My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity.

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.