Quotes About Transformation

Change is not found in defending our righteousness, but in admitting our weakness and crying for help.

When your ears hear and your eyes see the sin, weakness, or failure of your husband or wife, it is never an accident; it is always grace. God loves your spouse, and he is committed to transforming him or her by his grace, and he has chosen you to be one of his regular tools of change.

God decided to leave you in this fallen world to live, love, and work, because he intended to use the difficulties you face to do something in you that couldn't be done any other way.

you become like the treasure that you seek.

Remember, waiting isn't just about what you are hoping for at the end of the wait, but also about what you will become as you wait.

The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but heart and life transformation.

I understand why many people who call themselves Christians are not excited about grace. If you think your environment is your problem, you won't esteem grace, but once you admit that you're your biggest problem, you will celebrate the grace that rescues you from you.

When your ears hear and your eyes see the sin, weakness, or failure of your husband or wife, it is never an accident; it is always grace. God loves your spouse, and he is committed to transforming him or her by his grace, and he has chosen you to be one of his regular tools of change. So, he will cause you to see, hear, and experience your spouse's need for change so that you can be an agent of his rescue.

Parents, if your eyes ever see or your ears ever hear the sin and weakness of your children, it's never an accident, it's never a hassle, it's never an interruption; it's always grace. God loves your children and because he does, he has placed them in a family of faith so that you can be his tool of convicting, forgiving, and transforming grace.

Change is about learning what is right, acknowledging that it is right, confessing that you have been wrong, committing to a new way of living, and seeking the help you need to do it. (66)

Here's how gospel growth works: you cannot grieve what you do not see, you cannot confess what you haven't grieved, and you can't repent of what you haven't confessed.

It is grace to not be paralyzed by regret. The cross teaches that you are not stuck, not cursed to pay forever for your past.

You see, God hasn't promised you a good job or great kids. He hasn't promised you an easy marriage and a comfortable place to live. He hasn't promised you physical health and a good church to attend. He hasn't promised that you would experience affluence and be surrounded by things that entertain you. What he has promised is that he will complete the work that he has begun in you.

In grace, he leads you where you didn't plan to go in order to produce in you what you couldn't achieve on your own.

God's call to obey is itself a grace. In this call, he is actively rescuing you from you.

Change begins at the level of the heart.

Prayer always forsakes the kingdom of self for the kingdom of God,

Knowledge is an exercise of your brain. Wisdom is the commitment of your heart that leads to transformation of your life.

when Jesus touches me with his rescuing grace, he is freeing me from my bondage to me!

He is not only your indwelling Savior, he is your reigning King. He does in you what you could not do for yourself and he does outside of you what you have no power or authority to do.

It takes God's rescuing hand for me to forsake the purpose of my kingdom and take up the purpose of his.

Parenting is about being used of God to bring your children to that wholesome and heart-changing place of personal hopelessness. This is not a process of condemnation, but of patient and loving rescue.

The same grace that forgives your past empowers you to live in a new way in the future.

True biblical faith is always something that you live. If your faith does not reshape your life, it is not true faith.