Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Compromise built upon compromise equals failure. Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment.

Let your past rejection experiences work for you instead of against you by allowing them to help you sense the possible pain behind other people's reactions.

Barriers shut down communication.

He assured me that He doesn't call the qualified, but He qualifies those He calls.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves.

who that guy says I am. I'm not who that girl says I am. I'm not who social media likes and comments say I am. I'm not who the grades, to-do lists, messes, and mess ups say I am. I'm not who the scale says I am or the sum total of what my flaws say I am. I'm going to stop flirting with the unstable things of this world so I can fall completely in love with You. I am loved. I am held. I am Yours. I am forever Yours.

The enemy's power is rendered powerless in the presence of God's promises.

Move forward. And determine not to make it all so complicated.

Why are we made for more?" We are made for more because we are children of God.

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

Brokenness is what must happen before God can put the pieces back together in the way He can shine through the best.

Most people are walking around with way more hurts from their past than we can ever imagine. Pretty much everyone has at some point been deeply hurt by someone. That's your "me too.