Quotes from Peter Scazzero

Our wisdom . . . consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

Rule of Life, very simply, is an intentional, conscious plan to keep God at the center of everything we do. It provides guidelines to help us continually remember God as the Source of our lives. It includes our unique combination of spiritual practices that provide structure and direction for us to intentionally pay attention and remember God in everything we do.

Jesus shows us that healthy Christians do not avoid conflict. His life was filled with it! He was in regular conflict with the religious leaders, the crowds, the disciples—even his own family. Out of a desire to bring true peace, Jesus disrupted the false peace all around him. He refused to spiritualize conflict avoidance.

God has revealed himself to us in his Son, Scripture, creation, and other ways, but so much of who he is remains incomprehensible.

We view conflict as a sign that something is wrong, so we do whatever we can to avoid it. We prefer to ignore difficult issues and settle for a false peace, hoping our difficulties will somehow disappear on their own. They don't.

Salvation is a gift of grace.

there is nothing we can do or not do that would cause God to love us any more than he does right now.

If you've opened your loving to God's love, you're helping people you don't know and have never seen.

Scripture's commands to "rejoice in the Lord always" (Philippians 4:4)

Parker Palmer lo expresa muy bien: Hay al menos una cosa que me ha quedado clara: el cuidado de sí mismo no es nunca un acto egoísta; sencillamente es una buena mayordomía del único don que tenemos; fui puesto en la tierra para poderles ofrecer ese don a los demás. Cada vez que podamos escuchar a nuestro verdadero yo y darle el cuidado que necesita, no lo hacemos solo para nosotros mismos, sino también para los muchos otros cuyas vidas tocamos.

The wise are known for their few words.

The great news of Christianity is that your biological family of origin does not determine your future.

He releases the curse in order to drive us to our knees and to seek him, to recognize our need for a Savior (Gal. 3:21–25). The problem is instead of being broken by the thorns and thistles of life and thus coming to Christ, we either flee, fight, or hide.

We are transferred out of darkness into the kingdom of light.

When we deny our pain, losses, and feelings year after year, we become less and less human.

Our debts (sins) are cancelled.

Scripture reveals God as an emotional being who feels—a Person.

Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

Few killer viruses are more difficult to discern than this one. On the surface all appears to be healthy and working, but it's not. All those hours and hours spent lost in one Christian book after another . . . all those many Christian responsibilities outside the home or going from one seminar to another . . . all that extra time in prayer and Bible study. . . . At times we use these Christian activities as an unconscious attempt to escape from pain. In

In God's family, success is defined as being faithful to his purpose and plan for your life.

God thinks. You think. God wills. You will. God feels. You feel.

Por qué? No puedes tener la paz verdadera del reino de Cristo con mentiras o fingimientos.

You are a human being made in God's likeness.

All our families are broken and marred by the effects of the Fall.