Quotes from Ted Dekker

We're far more than just physical beings having a spiritual experience. We're spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience.

What man would not romance a woman who had invited him? And what woman would not romance a man who had chosen her? It was the nature of the Great Romance.

You give people a little money and they lose all their manners, even the ones who had manners to begin with.

His eyes held a subtle light that she could not mistake for anything other than true attraction. The kind that mere friends did not share. She hated it. She loved it. She hated that she loved it.

Among a rising tide of millions of Christians, how we label ourselves isn't nearly as important as how we actually experience and demonstrate Yeshua's incredible power in and as us, beginning with the power to love our enemies. To us, this is what it means to know God and the One He sent. Words only reflect an intellectual dogma, but the expression of our lives shows our true dogma, which matters far more.

doing good required taking risks.

Unlike most people," Fisher said, "questions are what make you tick. Knowing is what gives you a reason to roll out of bed in the morning, because you're not just in search of knowledge. Facts are never enough. You're after something else, something more fundamental. You're after the truth." Fisher

Three of five seals. White: Origin is Infinite. Green: I am the Light of the World. Black: Seeing the Light in Darkness is my Journey.

If someone tries to follow the narrow way and does not set aside who they think they are and what they think they need, they cannot follow.

They all seemed to function in it, but to say they controlled it would be wrong...The chaos controlled them.

He did change history. He did, he did!" Gabil hopped again, twice, lost his footing, and toppled to the floor. He bounded to his feet and did a little jig of sorts. "Ha! It's fascinating! It's magnicalicious!" "Please, settle down. That's not even a word." "Why not?" Gabil said. "If Thomas can change history, I think I have the right to change a few words.

Everything was really a story, penned or thought or acted out at some time by someone.

You will only see who you are and thus be who you are as you surrender your attachment to all other identities

The good news is, you can love yourself because you, too, are now love. Everything else is of your own making: a lie you believe; a story from an accuser that ravages you and keeps you locked in that cage of hell.

She was complete, wholly restored without even a hint of any need for further correction. The

Look at me, see how I resemble a puddle of dog vomit? Won't you please throw your fingers to your teeth and be wildly fascinated by me?

The temptation to forget is woven into the fabric of these... costumes.

Never mistake a woman as an opportunity for bliss.

Will you follow my path and be the light of the world to shine in that darkness?

But He did not say *become* perfect. He said *be* perfect. And that mystery is unveiled in Yeshua Himself. For you are now in Him, and He is perfect.

didn't say pardon. I said forgive. When I say forgive, I mean to see no fault or offense in the troubled sea. Let go of even the thought that it threatens you or has offended you. See it as innocent. Offer it no blame or defense. Stand tall and offer it, instead, your other cheek, no longer offended.

I never doubted my standing in the next life, but I often felt shame in this life, constantly disappointing God in my failure to love as He asked me to love. As such, I was caught in a kind of stupor of unworthiness.

How, then, does one find and know peace and power in this life when surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses who only pretend to be clean by whitewashing their reputations while pointing fingers of judgment?

We all play our roles. One person plants the seed, another waters it, but it grows only when the season is right.