Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

The enemy loves to take our rejection and twist it into a raw, irrational fear that God really doesn't have a good plan for us.

wisdom like none other can arise from those hard places that bring us low.

We can go to Bible study and amen every point made, but if we don't apply it to our lives, we won't be changed.

If you wait for what your heart desires, you treasure it more when you finally do get it.

They say time heals—and I think this can be true—but only if that's truly the goal here: healing. Time grows the seeds that are planted, watered, and fertilized. Plant beauty, grow beauty. Plant thorns, grow thorns. Time will allow for either.

And that's when I just want to lie down on the floor in a very dramatic way and loudly declare, "BUT I AM NOT JESUS!!" Ugh. However, as hard as this seems, I think it's harder to keep letting circumstances and complicated people kidnap my peace.

When you feed negativity on the inside, it's negativity that you'll exude on the outside.

Thought for the Day: I have to make the choice every day to interrupt my fleshly tendencies of yelling and getting angry over minor things.

God's promises aren't just for certain people at a certain low point. His hope extends into any and every size pit or pothole.

Imagine how differently you might approach each day by simply stating: God is good. God is good to me. God is good at being God. And today is yet another page in our great love story. Nothing that happens to you today will change that or even alter it in the slightest way.

our value, our worth, and our identity are not up for grabs every day based on how we behave or perform. They are locked securely in the heart of the God who loves us and gave his life for us.

There is something wonderfully sacred that happens when a girl chooses to realize that being set aside is actually God's call for her to be set apart. Sometimes