Quotes About Transformation

Sadly, when we look deep beneath the surface of our lives, most of us are not doing anything fundamentally differently from what our families did. God's intention, however, is that our local churches and parishes are to be places where, slowly but surely, we are re-parented on doing life Christ's way. God intends that his new community of people be the place where we are set free.

Grow me, I pray, into an emotionally mature adult through the Holy Spirit's power.

God promises if you and I will do life his way (even though it feels unnatural and hard to us initially), then our lives will be beautiful.

Stage One: "You are wrong for changing and here are the reasons why." Stage Two: "Change back and we will accept you again." Stage Three: "If you don't change back, these are the consequences" (which are then listed).21

Using God to run from God Ignoring anger, sadness, and fear Dying to the wrong things Denying the impact of the past on the

the result of denying and minimizing our wounds over many years is that we become less and less human, empty Christian shells with painted smiley faces.

You must let God teach you the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.35

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing.

God never loses any of our past for his future when we surrender ourselves to him. Every mistake, sin, and detour we take in the journey of life is taken by God and becomes his gift for a future of blessing.

parece que hace falta una crisis de extremo quebranto para hacer que cambien otros de nosotros que hemos estado en la iglesia durante mucho tiempo.

Pocos cristianos involucrados en la espiritualidad contemplativa integran el funcionamiento interior de la salud emocional. Al mismo tiempo, pocas personas involucradas en la salud emocional conforman la espiritualidad contemplativa. Ambas son elementos poderosos y transforman vidas cuando se les trata por separado. Pero juntas brindan nada menos que una revolución espiritual que transforma los lugares ocultos debajo de la superficie.

leavers are believers who no longer attend church. These men and women made a genuine commitment to Christ but came to realize, slowly and painfully, that the spirituality available in church had not really delivered any deep, Christ-transforming life change—either in themselves or others.

Find the door of your heart, you will discover it is the door of the kingdom of God.

El sufrimiento tiene la asombrosa capacidad de abrirnos a nuevas verdades y de ponernos en movimiento.

It is always true to some extent that we make our images of God. It is even truer that our image of God makes us. Eventually we become like the God we image. One of the most beautiful fruits of knowing the God of Jesus is a compassionate attitude towards ourselves. . . . This is why Scripture attaches such importance to knowing God. Healing our image of God heals our image of ourselves.12

Healing our image of God heals our image of ourselves.

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing."6

What are the hurricane winds, internal and external, that prevent us from becoming all God intends?

el camino a la vida es a través de la muerte y resurrección por la crucifixión.

Nu er troldommen hævet i zonerne for den tidlige stivnen. Fordi nogen går bagved, bliver ensomhed til frihed. De områder, der før på grund af den tidligt manglende kærlighed var forurenede, bliver nu tilgængelige. Selv når der ikke mere går en terapeut bagved, står erfaringen tilbage: 'Det går; jeg går. Jeg ved nu, hvad jeg skal gøre for at leve.

Døde normer kan ikke analyseres væk, men kun gennem den anormale kærlighedserfaring relativeres og gøres tilgængelig for forandringer. På denne måde sker befrielsen af indre trang, som ikke tager sig betalt med døden - en kærlighed, der identificerer sig med det, der vil leve. Og alligevel er det hvert menneskes egen hemmelighed, hvor langt livssvinget rækker.

Selv den svageste uelskede ejer en gnist af det stærke heltebarn, dvs. en lille mulighed for at forvandle de andres Nej til et Ja til sig selv. At fornemme egen mangel peger på et uudnyttet potentiale til selvaktivitet.

It will take us longer to tear down the Wall in our heads than any wrecking company will need for the Wall we can see.

Dove finisce uno Stato e dove inizia l'io? Siamo di nuovo qualcuno. In questa frase disturba quel 'di nuovo'. Per diventare finalmente qualcuno, bisogna prima essere stati nessuno.