Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Instead of waiting for the time to get started to simply appear one day, we need to be intentional with scheduling it.

Thoughts that breathe life into us, not suck life from us.

This isn't an indication that your healing isn't working. It's just an indication that you're a human still holding on to some hurt that needs to be resolved.

Hurting but still hoping—that is the human journey.

C. S. Lewis said it best: "We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."1

Power enters our prayers not by sounding powerful, but by listening for even the slightest whisper from the One who is all-powerful. That

God made us to crave—to desire eagerly, want greatly, and long for Him.

A note from Jim on goodbyes: There's a big difference between waiting for a breaking point and establishing a breaking point. A goodbye shouldn't sneak up on us because if we set boundaries with consequences, breaking points are established ahead of time. As boundary violations occur there will be changes in the relationship so that you can protect yourself from hurtful patterns and behaviors that you are no longer willing to tolerate.

Is God good? Is God good to me? Do I trust God to be God?

When we set our minds on the things of God, we will have direct and immediate access to the peace of God.

If this is the worst thing that happens to me today, it's still a pretty good day.

God, inconvenience me … so that I might constantly be reminded to draw near to You. Interrupt me, Lord. Shake things up in me, Lord. Reveal what's in me that's not of You, Lord. O Lord, more than anything, I want more of You.