Quotes from Anne Graham Lotz

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. REVELATION 19:7 – 8

The key to thankfulness is not to view God through the lens of our circumstances, but to view our circumstances through the lens of God's love and sovereign purpose.

Let go of the overwhelming desire to justify what you did and explain what they did.

Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record? PSALM 56:8

had silenced His followers and teaching once and for all. Yet here were former cowards boldly declaring His name and message. Not only were their words making an impact, but who could argue with the miracles that accompanied the preaching?

As God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. COLOSSIANS 3:12

Would the contagious cycle of pain in your life, or that of your family or church, be stopped if you would be the first to reach out, to give in, to say you are sorry, or at the very least open up a conversation on the source of the wounds?

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. DEUTERONOMY 6:6 – 7

I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known. HABAKKUK 3:2

The LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. 2 CHRONICLES 30:9

These have come so that your faith — of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 PETER 1:7

Lord,… enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus. ACTS 4:29 – 30

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you." ACTS 13:46

He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. ISAIAH 9:6 – 7

I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. ISAIAH 48:17

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…. The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. REVELATION 22:1, 17

The Spirit of the LORD will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. 1 SAMUEL 10:6

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. REVELATION 3:8

Jesus called the children to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." LUKE 18:16

For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. PSALM 1:6

As painful and devastating as wounds inflicted by God's people can be, they have made me more determined to live out what I believe authentically. I am deeply motivated to know God. I want to know Him as He truly is, not through the distorted reflection of those who called themselves by His name.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. PSALM 43:5

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1:9

He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out…. And his sheep follow him because they know his voice. JOHN 10:3 – 4