Quotes about Renewal

No one who meets Jesus ever stays the same.

Health and life, I would say, in the full and final sense of those words, are not what we die out of, but what we die into

No, the prayer is essential. I live on the prayers. They alone can strengthen me to fight despair and fatigue.

Somehow we need to reclaim the "goodnewsness" of the gospel

The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project.

But those of us who follow his conducting through early movements will, with renewed strength, someday burst into song.

We need a renewed awareness of death, yes. But we need far more. We need a faith, in the midst of our groaning, that death is not the last word, but the next to last. What is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

it is never too late to make things right.

Strategy 9—Against Your Heart He uses every opportunity to keep old wounds fresh in mind, knowing that anger and hurt and bitterness and unforgiveness will continue to roll the damage forward (Heb. 12:15).

God hasn't given up on us, my friend. Aren't you glad? Thank the Lord, for a second chance.

Repentance (Greek, metanoia) means change of mind. So as we get to know God, we get to know ourselves.

Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible. We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.