“One of the most poisonous of all Satan’s whispers is simply, 'Things will never change.' That lie kills expectation, trapping our heart forever in the present. To keep desire alive and flourishing, we must renew our vision for what lies ahead. Things will not always be like this. Jesus has promised to 'make all things new.' Eye has not seen, ear has not heard all that God has in store for us, which does not mean 'we have no clue so don’t even try to imagine,' but rather, you cannot outdream God."
“You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken live as if they were whole. Discipline is not the issue; apply discipline and you'll make it worse. What is needed is healing.”
“True strength does not come out of bravado. Until we are broken, our life will be self-centered, self-reliant; our strength will be our own. So long as you think you are really something in and of yourself, what will you need God for? I don’t trust a man who hasn’t suffered; I don’t let a man get close to me who hasn’t faced his wound. Think of the posers you know—are they the kind of man you would call at 2:00 A.M., when life is collapsing around you? Not me. I don’t want clichés; I want deep, soulful truth, and that only comes when a man has walked the road I’ve been talking about.”
“We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.”
"The bottom-line test of anything claiming to be of Jesus: Does it bring life? If it doesn't, drop it like a rattlesnake. And you will find that the religious never, ever brings life. Ever. That is its greatest exposure."
"One of the reasons we like our friends is because we like who we are when we are with them. Wow, this is true of Jesus - when He and I are close, I like who I am. When we seem to be distant, I am a disaster."
"Suffering will try to separate you from Jesus. You must not let it... At the time you need Him most, you will feel most compelled to pull away from Jesus, or feel that He has pulled away from you. The ground heaves beneath you, shaking your faith in God because you thought it wouldn't come, shouldn't come. It gets you scrambling; it can level you for a long time if you thought you'd escape it... Be very, very careful and pay attention to how you interpret your suffering... This is where the enemy can destroy you. By all means, seek a breakthrough. Pray against it; pray hard... Do not simply surrender."
"One of the reasons we like our friends is because we like who we are when we are with them. Wow, this is true of Jesus - when He and I are close, I like who I am. When we seem to be distant, I am a disaster."
"Suffering will try to separate you from Jesus. You must not let it... At the time you need Him most, you will feel most compelled to pull away from Jesus, or feel that He has pulled away from you. The ground heaves beneath you, shaking your faith in God because you thought it wouldn't come, shouldn't come. It gets you scrambling; it can level you for a long time if you thought you'd escape it... Be very, very careful and pay attention to how you interpret your suffering... This is where the enemy can destroy you. By all means, seek a breakthrough. Pray against it; pray hard... Do not simply surrender."
(John Eldredge)
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