Quotes from Anne Graham Lotz

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:13 – 14

Satan must grin wickedly when he sees our gossip disguised as a prayer request or a need to get a third person's opinion. It just adds fuel to Satan's fire as the problem becomes widespread and relationships are damaged.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God." REVELATION 21:3

Yet it was the LORD'S will to crush him and cause him to suffer.13

Jesus, the Son of God, "did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

A righteous man will be remembered forever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. His heart is secure, he will have no fear. PSALM 112:6 – 8

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. EPHESIANS 1:17

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. ROMANS 8:18

God, how do I do that? What would You have me to do? What is the message You would have me act out?

No one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:11

You will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God. LUKE 1:76 – 78

Wounding, at best, only temporarily releases pain.

The cycle of pain stopped when she chose to pray rather than retaliate.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord. ISAIAH 6:1

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. PSALM 51:17

But we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:23

While many good friends stood by us and stood up for us, we knew that we had obviously become a problem for the majority. So taking great care not to split the church by forcing people to take sides, we quietly left.

My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground … . I remember my affliction … the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.1

Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. PSALM 100:3

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. PSALM 103:12

Wounded people need to repent of their sin.

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. JOHN 12:24

I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God. PSALM 38:15

These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. HEBREWS 11:39 – 40