Quotes About Transformation

If you want to break the sin habit, you'd better establish a prayer habit.

God wants to do so much more than simply forgive your sin. He wants to leverage your past regrets for His eternal purpose.

Consecration is death to self. I know there is a fear that if we give more of ourselves to God, there will be less of us left, but it's the exact opposite. It's not until we die to self that we truly come alive. The more we give to God, the more we have and the more we become. It's only in losing our lives that we will really find them.

But remember this: without a crucifixion there can be no resurrection!

True spirituality is "the place where desperation meets Jesus.

If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself. That's why God cannot fill you with His Spirit. But if you will empty yourself, if you will die to self, you'll be a different person by the time you reach the last page of this book.

Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous.

More than a hundred years ago, a British revivalist issued a holy dare that would change a life, a city, and a generation. That timeless challenge echoes across every generation: "The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through and in and by the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him.

Jesus didn't carry a cross to Calvary so that we could live a halfway life. He died so that we could come alive in the truest and fullest sense of the word.

Can our prayers change our circumstances? Absolutely! But when our circumstances don't change, it's often an indication that God is trying to change us.

Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.

You are one idea, one risk, one decision away from a totally different life. Of course, it'll probably be the toughest decision you ever make, the scariest risk you ever take. But if your dream doesn't scare you, it's too small.

One step of obedience can open your eyes. One step of obedience can reverse the curse. One step of obedience can begin a new chapter in your life!

Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness

It's not about doing great things for God; it's about God doing great things in us.

If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.

We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.

When you confess your sin, it no longer defines you.

In working through nonreligious language to explain that journey, the idea of place became very important. Jesus says, "Here's the deal! I'll leave My place. I'll come to your place. I'll take your place. And then we'll go to My place." This simplicity captured me. Everyone understands places. We all have them. It's where we live our lives day to day. Then Jesus walks into our place and redirects us.

Who you become is determined by how you pray.

Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.

We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5

Our normal is so subnormal that normal seems radical.

If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do something different.