Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Refuse to wallow in the depressing angst condemnation brings.

Let your gentleness be evident to all" (Philippians 4:5).

When having a goal takes your focus off God and His daily intentions for you, it can cause trouble. Proverbs

If I look at my dreams, desires, and hopes for the future as coming from a place of scarcity and the world's limited supply, it will constantly feed the notion that someone else's success is a threat to mine.

we are to escape the natural bitterness of the human heart, we have to go through a long process as well . . . the process of being cured.

For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him" (2 Chron. 16:9).

On the other hand, when I change to a growth mind-set, I don't chain my identity to my insecurity. Instead, I chain my identity to the Word of God that breathes hope and powerful potential back into any situation.

I started to ask Him to bless others and prayed this verse of abundance over them. "And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8). I asked Him to help others succeed. "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others" (Philippians 2:4 ESV).

When I don't have peace physically, I don't have peace spiritually. I can't separate the two. Nor should I.

The voices of condemnation, shame, and rejection can come at you, but they don't have to reside in you. That's your miracle in the mess.

We get empty when we park our minds on comparison thoughts and wallow in them.

In other words, they had seen a lot. They had heard a lot. But they had not personally applied what they'd seen and heard. Their hearts were not tender to the reality of Jesus. Their hearts were hardened. Access without application will not equal transformation.