Quotes from Elizabeth George

Asking in prayer helps you to see your problem in the light of God's power.

With God's help, your trial today is leading to your wholeness tomorrow.

With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and fix you...and follow you...until you are well on your way.

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances—it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

Each day is God's gift of a fresh unspoiled opportunity to live according to His priorities.

By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!

because God knows everything about us, cares about us, helps us, and listens to us whenever we turn to Him, we are not carrying our burdens alone. We therefore have no reason to be bitter.

Allow God to use the difficulties and disappointments in life as polish to transform your faith into a glistening diamond that takes in and reflects His love.

The Shepherd knows our path. And He also knows His sheep and what it takes to prepare us for the journey. And so the Shepherd makes us lie down to fortify us for the trek. He makes certain we won't tire, that we're not at risk because of weariness, that we're invigorated from our pasture-time for any strenuous climb. With His eye on tomorrow, He leads on today.

God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

Only one life, it will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last.

One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.

The speech of God's beautiful woman is a fountain of life to those around her.

Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

What is a godly mother? A godly mother is one who loves the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength and then passionately, consistently, and unrelentingly teaches her child to do the same.

Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God's will.

Marriage is more than finding the right person…it is being the right person!

We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.

Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.

We cannot begin to define God's knowledge. We know, simply and profoundly, that nothing is hidden from Him or incomprehensible to Him.

When and how the most painful of situations is going to be resolved and redeemed is no mystery to God. Knowing this truth about God's complete knowledge really does help me accept the unacceptable in my life.

To live out God's plan for your life calls for you to discipline yourself…and your body. To push yourself. To deny yourself.