Quotes about Understanding

When you find yourself in a position where you could easily point an accusing finger—or have an accusing finger pointed at you—think, trust, and forgive.

Jesus understands the hurt you feel. He experienced denial and betrayal at the deepest level.

Never write people off for making a mistake! God does not work this way, and neither should we.

When do we most need peace? That becomes the cry of our heart when our life is in turmoil and battles are being waged against us. It is God who gives us a peace that passes all human understanding.

What would it be like to be Christ? I mean, did He ever play ball? Did He ever knock a window out of somebody's house and did He ever have to explain to His dad that He had to borrow twelve dollars?

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Three Tasks of a Good Missionary Learn the language: educate yourself on how to talk in a way that people can understand and to which they can relate and eventually respond Study the culture: become so sensitized to that culture that you can operate effectively within it Translate the gospel: translate it into its own cultural context so that it can be heard, understood, and appropriated

Do you fall in love with someone because you understand them? Not at nineteen. It's their otherness that draws you in. At nineteen you're collecting people. Trying on different ways of being.

Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor's mind is, "How can I pray for you?

Love is what we need in friendship when we stumble, and truth is what we need when we stray.

God's Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.

God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God's sufficient Word.