Lysa TerKeurst Quotes

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Saying yes all the time won't make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn out woman.

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Food can fill our stomachs but never our souls.
Posessions can fill our houses but never our hearts.
Sex can fill our nights but never our hunger for love.
Children can fill our days but never our identities.
Jesus wants us to know only He can fill us and truly satisfy us.

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I know deep hurt. But I also know deep hope. Sometimes God's power is shown as much in preventing things as it is in making them happen. We may never know why. But we can always know and trust the Who.

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Great love isn't two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.

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Sometimes we miss the miraculous of all that we have been blessed with because we're so focused on the one thing we don't have. When this happens, we become disillusioned with all that we do have.

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Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.

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No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill.

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I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.

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Maybe God's goal wasn't for me to raise a good rule-following child. Instead, His goal was for me to raise a God-following adult.

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We were made for more than compromise. We were made for God's promises in every area of our lives.

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It is good for God's people to be put in a place of longing so they feel a slight desperation. Only then can we be empty enough and open enough to discover the holiness we were made for. When we are stuffed full of other things and never allow ourselves to be in a place of longing, we don't recognize the deeper spiritual battle going on.

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If you desire to please God with the decision you make and afterward it proves to be a mistake, it's an error not an end.

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Whether we're on the path toward victory or defeat is determined by the very next choice we make. Not the choices from yesterday. Not the choices five minutes ago.

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Too many people think that finding the reason God placed us here on earth will come in one assignment with a big title and complete job description. I believe that discovering our purpose will unfold slowly, like a seed planted deep in the ground.

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Just because something is hard doesn't mean it's impossible.

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Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.

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God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

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The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls. So, this isn't just about finding time. This is about honoring God with the time we have.

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Wounds.
Broken places.
Possibility.
Change.
Steps toward holiness.
Imperfect progress.
The hurt in those who hurt me—their underbellies.
Grace.
Love.
Me looking alot more like Jesus than I did before.
And to discover through all this seeing—being unglued isn't all that bad.

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When God becomes routine rather than revival, it's time to switch things up.

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I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places … In the most unlikely places I will bless your efforts and reward your perseverance with small indications of your victory.

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I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.

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We can't always fix our circumstances, but we can fix our minds on God

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It is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.

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God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.

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Progress. Just make progress. It's okay to have setbacks and the need for do-overs. It's okay to draw a line in the sand and start over again - and again. Just make sure you're moving the line forward. Move forward. Take baby steps... Then change will come. And it will be good.

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The secret to healthy conflict resolution isn't taking a 'you against me' stance. The secret is realizing it's 'us against Satan.' He's the real enemy.

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Don't get so locked in to your overwhelming schedule that you haphazardly spend your soul.

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Don't let people's compliments go to your head, and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you'll be ruled by what other people think of you.

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Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment.

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