Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Did I overeat this week on any day? No. • Did I move more and exercise regularly? Yes. • Do I feel lighter than I did at this time last Wednesday? Yes. • Did I eat in secret or out of anger or frustration? No. • Did I feel that, at any time, I ran to food instead of to God? Nope. • Before I hopped on the scale, did I think I'd had a successful, God-pleasing week? Yep!

Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.

The gravity of living in a sin-soaked world will always try to hold us back from living loved. But if we will remember to return often to our Instructor . . . our Creator . . . we will discover His loving hands still pulse to continue making us. Tweaking us. Molding us. Filling us. And daily completing the good work He began in us.

The lack of belongingness causes various undesirable effects, including a decrease in the levels of health, happiness, and adjustment.1

As I sat in silence, the spirit interceded with perfect prayers on my behalf

We must let our identity, not our insecurity, be the first thing that walks into every situation we face—every decision we make.

The enemy may be vicious, but he is not victorious.

We run at a breakneck pace to try and achieve what God simply wants us to slow down enough to receive.

I believe God made us to crave. Now before you think this is some sort of cruel joke by God, let me assure you that the object of our craving was never supposed to be food or other things people find themselves consumed by, such as sex or money or chasing after significance.

when someone of great significance in our lives makes us feel like our belonging is more of a question mark than a security blanket, we become very sensitive to even the slightest hints of rejection.

Lord God, I know You often work in ways I don't understand. There are parts of my story that feel incredibly hard to live in, but I trust You are making something beautiful even out of those parts of my life. In Jesus' name, amen.

if we will remember to return often to our Instructor . . . our Creator . . . we will discover His loving hands still pulse to continue making us. Tweaking us. Molding us. Filling us. And daily completing the good work He began in us.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world" (1 John 2:15 – 16).

Isaiah 43:18–19 reminds us, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

With that said, maybe it's time to release back to God what we can't change so we can discover what He has for us now.

We were made to crave— long for, want greatly, desire eagerly, and beg for— God. Only God.

If my Bible is collecting dust and my conscience is being hushed, then my heart is in danger of being crushed.

Your decisions will determine direction. Your direction will determine destination. Let

don't always feel like being nice and pleasant, but I can choose to in order to honor God.

Together is a great way to press through something you're afraid could make you feel a bit undone.

I love my Jesus with all my heart, so why would I offer anything less than an ignited prayer life?

The voices of condemnation, shame, and rejection can come at you, but they don't have to reside in you.

I've felt the heavy weight of regret and I don't want to return there.

God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So, I keep asking for Your wisdom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk away from things that aren't beneficial for me.