Quotes from Beth Moore

A powerful motivation for believing God in our present is intentionally remembering how He's worked in our past.

When we don't take God too seriously, others don't take our leadership too seriously!

Praise becomes compulsory when we experience true intimacy [with God].

God desires to change us from the inside out. Renewing our minds, starving our self-destructive tendencies, and teaching us to form new habits.

A high regard for the things of this world always signals a lowering regard for God.

You cannot amputate your history from your destiny, because that is redemption.

Intimacy with God is that I can come in with the honesty of my heart, tell Him how much I'm hurting.

Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience.

Good humor and laughter are far too wonderful not to come straight from the heart of God.

Courage comes from a heart that is CONVINCED it is loved.

Some things don't need to be cut back. They need to be cut off.

I don't write for the money. I write because something in me is constantly compelled.

My parents were complicated people. They had a complicated relationship. My home was very, very complicated.

As an 18-year-old, I really sensed the call of God. What was interesting about that time was, I come from a very conservative part of the body of Christ, so there was really nothing for a woman to do.

When we think we're at the mercy of our circumstances and past, we discount the power that is ours through the Holy Spirit.

Prayer guards hearts and minds and causes God to bring peace out of chaos

A pair of hands clasped in earnest prayer is the best means we have this side of heaven to hang onto Jesus for dear life.

There is not a single soul that jealousy looks good on. Nobody! It looks ugly on everybody and it makes us act ugly - it makes us act out of character.

Kindness is willing to look in the face of the hurting.

We've got to know the Word of God. That is our absolute stability. That is our offensive weapon against the kingdom of darkness.

We Houstonians, generally speaking, are hearty. The weather's too hot for us not to be.

To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.

I ask women to check the feelings they have about themselves before they do something. If you're doing it out of a sense of desperation and need, don't do it.

We know we're coming full circle with God when we stand at a very similar crossroad where we made such a mess of life before, but this time we take a different road.