Quotes from Linda Dillow

God can rid your heart of greed, but it's your responsibility to remove yourself from situations that promote greediness.

Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs.

One of the biggest and most common mistakes a woman makes is to substitute activity for God for a relationship with Him.

What Ifs will either drive us to God and faith or they will drive us to worry and dependence on self. God gives peace and contentment; worry gives illness and misery.

Peace comes through acceptance.

Holy Father, forgive me for grumbling. I know I've sounded just like the Israelites. I long to dwell not on the If Onlys but on You. Make me wise like the old woodcutter — content with what I know, not perturbed by what I don't know.

God . . . is the blessed controller of all things, the king over all kings and the master of all masters. (1 Timothy 6:15, PH)

Regardless of whether we live in the East or the West, whether we are rich or poor, we must find contentment with what God has given.

Many neighborhood conflicts have their roots in trivial little insults made by one neighbor, which result in returned insults from the other neighbor. An insult-for-insult relationship develops, and all other avenues for friendship and communication disappear.

Greed builds a barrier that keeps us from becoming content with what God has given.

Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should. (Ps. 90:12 TLB).

His absolute sovereignty means that I can trust Him with my tiniest doubt or with my most heart-wrenching fear.

The word worry is derived from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "to strangle or choke." The stranglehold of worry keeps a woman from enjoying a life of contentment and peace.

When we spend precious time worrying about what might happen, anxiety becomes negative baggage that weighs us down, saps our energy, and leaves us ineffective.

We affirm that God is love, but that love isn't true for us until we personalize it in our walk with Him. God gave His life for us as proof of His love for us. You are His child. He would do anything for you. Faith in Him is so much easier when you have the confident assurance that He loves you!

If we don't accept God's portion for us, we will become women with spirits of discontent.

Single women can choose to serve others as well; we don't have to be married before we can give to others.

Faith looks to God, but feelings look to what is going on around us. Faith hopes in who God is and in what He has promised.

When confronted with negative circumstances, we have a choice: Will we pray about the problem or will we worry about it?

God has stamped "lifegiver" on all women, regardless of the role we play.

If we want to be women of contentment, we must choose to accept our portion, our assigned roles from God.

What we are on the inside, what we continually think about, eventually shows in our words, actions, and even on our countenances.

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.

Who you are is not a biological accident. What you are is not a circumstantial accident. God planned both for you.5