Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Believing God has purposed our days will save us from the trouble of stepping into plans that aren't meant for us.

Truth has a powerful way of interrupting our runaway feelings if only we'll get it in front of us.

We must tie our identities to our unchanging, unflinching, unyielding, undeniably good, and unquestionably loving God.

God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way.

Obedience is the daily practice of trusting God.

Our decisions aren't just isolated choices. Our decisions point our lives in the directions we're about to head. Show me a decision and I'll show you a direction.

He waits every day with every answer we need, every comfort we crave, every affection we're desperate for, while we look everywhere else but at Him.

How it must break His heart when we walk around so desperate for a love He waits to give us each and every day.

Fullness comes to us when we remember to be with Him before going out to serve Him. He wants our hearts to be in alignment with Him before our hands set about doing today's assignment for Him.

No need to bend under the weight of past mistakes. That kind of bending breaks us.

My life certainly didn't change overnight. I experienced a waiting period, a time of growth, development, and perseverance as God prepared me. Lessons on patience, trust, surrender, and learning to take hold all preceded my stepping out. But even in this seemingly unimportant time of pruning and trials, God was preparing me for the next step.

Making art provides uncomfortably accurate feedback about the gap that inevitably exists between what you intended to do, and what you did.