Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

It's not bad that I'm vulnerable, but am I displaying a mature form of my vulnerability?

Isn't it interesting that Jesus seemed to speak most intimately to people who were lonely?

To add even more drama to my announcement, I concluded by saying that after they got ready for bed they should go sit on their beds and moan… for the Bible says that the Holy Spirit will lift up prayers on our behalf if all we can do is moan. "So the Holy Spirit will be tucking you into bed tonight. I am

No matter what wrong thing has happened, there is a right next thing to do.

Oh, let it be so noted about my life! That my words, my love for those who love me — and even more, my love for those who don't love me—reveal that, yes, I have been with Jesus.

We don't need to live with a scarcity mentality because God always provides abundantly.

Our life could have been very self-focused. Our marriage. Our home. Our kids. Our plans. Our life. But God wanted so much more from us. He didn't bring us together simply to build a life that would make us happy. He brought us together to be partners in the purpose He assigned. Our own strength would not have prepared us for kingdom assignments.

God is good. No matter what sin does to this world, God's goodness does not change.

The Sabbath isn't just a time to be observed; it's a time to be preserved.

You better believe when I walk into a conference now, I look for someone sitting alone and make sure she knows she is noticed. When I ease the loneliness ache in others it is beautifully eased in me.

The disciples were surely inspired by Jesus' miracle. And they were certainly informed by His teaching. But because they had not personally applied what they learned, they weren't transformed.

What's a decision you are in the midst of making? Chase it down. If you do this, where will it most likely lead? And then what? And then? Keep going until you walk it all the way out.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (COLOSSIANS 3:1 – 2)

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The tension exists because you are doing the difficult work of no longer cooperating with dysfunction.

When all of life feels like an urgent rush from one demand to another, we become forgetful. We forget simple things like where we put our car keys or that one crucial ingredient for dinner when we run into the grocery store. But even more disturbing, we forget God. We say with our mouths that we are trusting and relying on God, but are we really?

I forgive ____ for ____, and whatever my feelings don't yet allow for the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

The posture is the lowest possible position in which we can put ourselves with empty hands and eager hearts.

Let me pull you close and whisper a heart-stopping truth. That daily stuff—those responsibilities that seem more like distractions—those things we want to rush and just get through to get on with the better and bigger assignments of life—those things that are unnoticed places of service? They are the very experiences from which we unlock the riches of wisdom. We've got to practice wisdom in the everyday places of our lives.

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. (Hosea 10:12)

Jesus didn't make healing contingent on other people doing or owning anything.

The hurt was caused by someone else, but the resulting feelings are mine to manage.

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He's not just looking to distract you, or tempt you, or pull you slightly off course. He's looking to devour you.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (PSALM 139:13 – 14)