Quotes from Anne Graham Lotz

God has forgiven me. As an act of grateful worship, I choose to forgive others.

Jesus' example teaches a powerful lesson. He demonstrates that one way to overcome emotional pain is to focus on the needs of others — to reach out and help someone else who may also be suffering.

Wounding smashes relationships. We can never return to the way we were before the wounding took place, which in itself adds a dimension to our grief that is very deep. Yet it is possible for severed relationships to be reconciled.

If our God were small enough for us to understand, He wouldn't be big enough to save us.

The key to thankfulness is not to view God through the lens of our circumstances, but to view our circumstances through the lens of God's love and sovereign purpose.

Let go of the overwhelming desire to justify what you did and explain what they did.

had silenced His followers and teaching once and for all. Yet here were former cowards boldly declaring His name and message. Not only were their words making an impact, but who could argue with the miracles that accompanied the preaching?

Would the contagious cycle of pain in your life, or that of your family or church, be stopped if you would be the first to reach out, to give in, to say you are sorry, or at the very least open up a conversation on the source of the wounds?

As painful and devastating as wounds inflicted by God's people can be, they have made me more determined to live out what I believe authentically. I am deeply motivated to know God. I want to know Him as He truly is, not through the distorted reflection of those who called themselves by His name.

Getting up early in the morning to fix my eyes on Jesus through prayer and reading His Word is like setting

But for those who put their trust in Him and Him alone, they discover He is the God of the impossible who finds great delight in revealing His power to make a way where there is no way. He is a God of miracles who also loves to encourage us in prayer.

I realized that if I can grieve the Holy Spirit, it's because He loves me. The Holy Spirit loves me!