Quotes about Balance

Godly accountability is never codependency.

Think of marriage as a three-legged stool. The legs are a submissive wife, a loving husband, and Christ.

Actually, God's method of balancing our checkbooks isn't primarily about numbers. It's about attitude.

We don't have to put down the Sword of the Spirit (the Word of God) to raise up the Shield of Faith. The way I see it, that's why God gave us two hands. If we want to live abundantly and victoriously, we must pick up both. To pick up the Sword of the Spirit without the Shield of Faith is to shrivel and dry up in the desert of legalism. To pick up the Shield of Faith without the Sword of the Spirit is to try walking by faith on quicksand.

Let's be careful, though, that we don't err in the opposite extreme of faithless caution. A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants. The latter is our goal.

Embrace the tension.

God doesn't call us to sacrifice our sanity; He calls us to sacrifice our selfishness.

Sometimes ministry can be the biggest distraction to the pursuit of true intimacy with God

Here's a rule of thumb for the thought life that will be a catalyst for victory in all parts of life: starve the flesh and feed the spirit.

God created male and female with an intricate balance of sameness and distinction, an impressive concoction of common part and counterpart. Each image bearers. Each of equal worth. Each necessary for a future. Each necessary for survival.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

There are so many things you can lose sight of as you try to win games and all the stuff we try to do every day.