Quotes from Beth Moore

I know the plans I have for you … plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Fear is the very factor that keeps many of us from fleshing out the biblical reality that we can "do all things through Christ" (Phil 4:13). We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us, but frankly we won't if we're too afraid to try.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling. Ephesians 1:18

Forgive me for my unbelief [in myself]. If I realized how valuable I am, my insatiable need for affirmation would be quieted. Forgive me for being such a perfectionist that I resist doing something good out of fear that it won't be great.

Have you ever wondered why God goes to the trouble of sanctifying us? He could instantly zap us into His image the moment we decide to follow Jesus, or He could transport us into heaven the moment of our conversion. Why would He opt for taking us through the long, drawn-out process of planting, watering, pruning, and harvesting? But sure enough, He rolls up His sleeves, puts palms to the dirt, and begins putting the pieces of our lives together in a way that matters.

we are the bride of the Prince of Peace!

I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. Hosea 11:4 (NIV)

May they be made completely one, so the world may know You have sent Me and have loved them as You have loved Me. John 17:23

The longer I live, the less I find God to be a hand shaker. Hand holder? Yes. Hand shaker? No.

The harvest may not become obvious in our lifetime, but it will surely come. So thank Him in advance every time you sow. Tirelessly plant the things of the Spirit in the soil of earth. Let nothing make you quit. Though the harvest tarry, it will surely come.

He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth. Job 37:3

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." Luke 9:62

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. (2 THESS. 3:16)

Unbelief. Oh, they believed in God. Their oversight was that they simply didn't believe the God they believed in.

Our daily lives demonstrate what we really believe about ourselves.

Lord, You will establish peace for us, for You have also done all our work for us. Isaiah 26:12

Humility can be rather easily obtained by opening our eyes to reality—filling our minds and hearts with the greatness of God.

Lord, I have too long given the devil a foothold. (Eph. 4:27) Please help me to stop offering him so many opportunities to bring defeat into my life. Your plan for me is victory.

I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life" (John 6:47–48). Did you notice how Jesus combined the bread of life with everlasting life? Christ is the bread of God's presence to us. His scars are placed before God as a perpetual memorial that the wages of our sins have been paid. Christ said, "This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world" (John 6:51b).

Embrace the tension.

What a relief to know that we'll never battle anything out of God's jurisdiction.

That's what humility is in a nutshell: bowing down before His power and majesty.

Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." LUKE 2:19

Time by itself does nothing but grow us old. It's what we do with time that makes all the difference. We often say, "Time heals," yet I've known just as many that time embittered. Only God heals. Only God restores. Only God effectively prepares, teaches, equips, and matures. But you can count on Him to use the test tube of time in which to accomplish it.