Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Hope is the melody of the future. Faith is dancing to that melody right now.

My heart struggles to make peace between God's ability to change hard things and His apparent decision not to change them for me.

Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.

As Ravi Zacharias said, "Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.

David started this stunning soul declaration with the assurance that with God there is fullness. There is no lack. Nothing can be added or subtracted with human acceptance or rejection. With the fullness of God, we are free to let humans be humans—fickle and fragile and forgetful.

Brokenness to redemption, where mercy and grace kiss both sides of our face. Brokenness where we are split open. Redemption where God knits us back together. Mercy when we don't get the punishment we do deserve. Grace when we get the lavish love gifts we don't deserve. So here we are.

If they make the choice to walk over me rather than walk with me, I'll have to love them from afar.

Just because something is hard doesn't mean it's impossible.

My imperfections will never override God's promises. God's promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.

If the enemy can isolate us, he can influence us. And his favorite entry point of all is through our disappointments

Which do I care more about - demanding my rights or displaying right choices?

The decisions you make determine the schedule you keep. The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines