Top 93 Lynn Austin Quotes
#1. Combat worry, such as keeping a prayer journal and rereading it when I'm under attack.
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#2. But the truth is, I can't sip from an hour-long church service on Sunday morning or dash off a hasty prayer or gulp down a daily Bible verse and expect them to sustain me any more than I can expect a glass of water to last for a week.
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#3. If He strips us of all our own resources, we just might learn to lean on Him. And to start praying again.
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#4. A servant does what his massa says and goes where his massa sends him and doesn't quit until the job is done.
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#5. He had lived to please himself instead of God all those years, giving little more than lip service to His holy laws. And now when Zechariah cried out to God, his numberless sins swallowed up his prayers before they reached heaven. His guilt filled the yawning gulf between him and God.
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#6. I do not believe in witches, but if I did, I'd swear you are one.
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#7. Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.
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#8. The land promised to Abraham and his descendants is once again theirs. God always keeps His promises. Even in times of cataclysmic upheaval and change, God's love and faithfulness are unchanging.
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#9. Seem like it be a mighty hard thing to change someone's mind," he said. "Most folks won't change their mind unless they have a change of heart first." "Well, then ... how do I change their heart?" "You can't, Missy Caroline," he said gently. "Only Massa Jesus can change folks' hearts.
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#10. Yes, of course Yahweh could defeat all of Judah's enemies." "Then why didn't He, Grandpa?" Zechariah's face looked sad as he shook his head. "Because our nation no longer believes in Him ... and so no one bothered to ask Him to.
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#11. When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry.
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#12. His questions will make his faith stronger in the end.
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#13. The journey has been a parody of my life recently: rushing, waiting, wandering, feeling lost and losing sleep, wondering if I'm getting anywhere.
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#14. Don't ask God what He's doing. That's the wrong thing to ask. Ask Him what you should be doing.
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#15. I do not know how long 'twill be, nor what the future holds for me, but this I know, if Jesus leads me, I shall get home someday ...
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#16. You have beautiful hair ... and she reached out to touch it, her bejeweled fingers gently caressing my head. A tear slipped down my cheek. I knew how the lepers felt when Jesus touched them and made them whole again.
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#17. Can't never go by your feelings. Got to go by the word of the Lord.
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#18. Often, it'a not one great, dramatic thing that God asks us to do but hundreds of little everyday things. If we want to be used by Him, if we're ready to be used and aren't all tangled up with your own plans and projects, then He'll show us the work He has for us.
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#19. If you truly understood the holiness of God, you would have a proper attitude about yourself.
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#20. Every time you compromise, something inside your spirit dies a little,
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#21. God also puts His people in the middle of things for the same reason that He put the tree of temptation in the middle of the garden
so that our choice to follow Him would be a conscious, daily one. Every time we publicly choose to live for Christ, He is glorified.
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#22. Alliances with other nations lead to bondage," Zechariah explained. "Joseph started out as Pharaoh's trusted advisor in Egypt, but later generations ended up as slaves. And wasn't it Ahaz's so-called alliance with Assyria that led to our present slavery?
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#23. It was easy to rise up in faith and heroism when we faced a clear-cut enemy. Its much harder to resist the enemy of gradualism and assimilation, much harder to maintain a passion for God when we are bogged down in the daily routine of life
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#24. You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn't give you strength. He is your strength.
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#25. Today Mrs. Beasley began by clearing her throat. Again, this isn't a worrisome sign. Librarians are not overly talkative so our throats can get froggy from lack of use.
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#26. God had told the survivors of Sodom and Gomorrah not to look back after they'd been rescued from death and destruction, and if Jo's family continued to gaze into the past, they were going to become stuck in place like pillars of salt, too.
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#27. We are a stoic, reserved bunch who hide our emotions well - except when reading a terribly sad or poignant story, of course. I have been known to sob aloud at a tragic ending.
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#28. Behind Caroline was her schoolroom full of bright, eager students. God had given them to her as a gift, to show her that the sacrifices she'd made did have meaning. His purposes for her life would be partly fulfilled in them, and in those children's futures.
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#29. Our faith often grows stronger when we have to defend our beliefs, the same way that patriotism flowers and blooms when our country is threatened.
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#30. Flattery from a man who displayed no common sense or self-control, much less reverence for God, meant nothing to him. I
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#31. The only way to grow in faith is to put your faith to the test. You must place yourself in His hands and let Him prove himself faithful. Unless you make up your mind to trust Him, you'll never know that Yahweh is faithful.
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#32. Hashem may not answer our prayers the way we want him to," he said, clearing his throat. "He did not deliver Joseph from prison right away. But Hashem was there with Joseph, even in hype silence
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#33. The site looks unpromising from a distance, blending in with the surrounding sepia-toned hills, but I'm learning that looks can be deceiving.
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#34. She loved him, and her heart was breaking. If she had known how much it hurt to love someone, she never would have given away her heart. But it wasn't a question of giving as much as falling.
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#35. Don't be fooled by strength you can see," he said at last. "Yahweh often hides His power in the simple things, the weak things, and so His strength seems foolish in man's eyes.
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#36. Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.
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#37. Understand. I understand. She was only dimly aware that it wasn't Hezekiah holding her, but his
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#38. Love isn't a feeling; it's an attitude, it's actions. Like buying him the prayer shawl. Whether you feel anything or not, just do the loving thing.
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#39. Only a coward would send his children to their deaths in order to save his own life.
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#40. It takes less courage to end your life in a burst of glory than to face the mistakes you've made and start over.
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#41. I will thank Him for all that He has given me, not curse Him for all that I've lost.
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#42. Then rely on your judgment and forget all this." Zechariah scooped up the scroll with a sweep of his hand. "But don't try to do both. It won't work. Either your faith in God is absolute, or it's worthless. There's no way to compromise.
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#43. Worry doesn't change a single thing. Just live.
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#44. Guard your heart, son," Eli said in a hushed voice. "That's what God looks at - your heart. Most folks look at the outside things, like the color of your skin. But God looks at your heart.
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#45. That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.
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#46. We want to make our own plans and then pray, 'My will be done, if you please Massa Jesus, in earth, as it is in my plans.' You got to put your life in Jesus' hands. Trust that in the end, whatever happens, He still in control.
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#47. The only way to revive Temple worship is through repentance. The men of Judah must give up their idolatry and turn their hearts back to God.
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#48. Depression, I've learned, is sometimes caused by anger that we keep locked up inside.
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#49. It's too easy to believe in our own importance when we're surrounded by our own creations all day.
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#50. Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.
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#51. The war has changed you, too, Caroline. Your faith is stronger, your compassion deeper, your love more intense than ever before. It's as if all the qualities I saw in you and fell in love with have been refined and purified.
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#52. No terrain is too bleak, no distance too far that it will stop God from rescuing His own.
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#53. Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift ...
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#54. I pick up my knitting and wind the yarn around my fingers so I can finish the row. The needles whisper softly as they slide against each other, as if telling secrets.
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#55. Love for God is never instant. It has to grow and mature just like any other kind of love. The struggle is always with our will.
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#56. Massa Jesus take care of it in His own time, His own way.
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#57. Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our lives to prepare us for His purposes-if we'll let Him.
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#59. Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.
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#60. Love is like candy floss. you crave it and it looks very promising, but if you try to satisfy your hunger with it, there is nothing. Only a sweet aftertaste - if you're lucky.
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#61. Love isn't always a feeling. Sometimes it's a decision.
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#62. Hmm. Relationships between fathers and sons can be notoriously difficult, especially for two men who are as different as you and your father are."
"Yes, and he's also the king
that makes our relationship impossible.
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#63. Ah, but that would require a spending time with God--more than an hour or two on Sunday, I suspect--getting to know Him, communing with Him, praising Him.
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#64. Maybe it's because spiritual growth and vibrant faith in God don't happen in isolation, but under pressure.
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#65. I need to stay continually watchful, prepared with the whole armor of God if I want to combat the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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#66. When we feel unworthy in His presence it's because we glimpse His holiness.
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#67. Bitterness is one of the deadliest emotions we ever feel. You can't look forward when you're bitter, only backward - thinking about what you've lost, stuck in the past, despairing because it's gone. In the end, it devours all hope.
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#68. Sometimes when He seems the farthest away from us, He's really the closest.
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#69. Prayer isn't just about asking for things. It's taking time to hear what God is saying, too, just like any good conversation. Once we finally stop talking and demanding and begging for things, it's easier to hear what God is trying to say to us.
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#70. Because we're not free when there are no boundaries-we're in great danger.
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#71. That depends on how Washington reacts. Every state joined the Union voluntarily; they should have the right to leave it again if the Federal government no longer represents their best interests.
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#72. You can't serve God by acting contrary to His nature
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#73. Is it better not to fall in love at all, or to love someone for a little while, even if you have to say good-bye?
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#74. I listened to God and to my husband, not the the enemy's whispers, not to other people's opinions.
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#75. No matter what came next, Daniel rested safely in the grip of his Sovereign God.
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#76. So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.
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#77. I would sooner become a spinster than spend a lifetime with a boring, unimaginative man.
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#78. Besides re-arming myself with joy, I need to know the holes in my defenses, the places where I'm vulnerable and where the enemy has successfully attacked me before.
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#79. Even when bad things happen, He can use them for good.
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#80. Like most rural girls, I had graduated from the Volkschule
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#81. Love will require mutual trust, opening your hearts and lives to each other. It takes work to build a true relationship. The same is true of Yahweh.
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#82. One thing I have learned during these past few terrible years is that our grief and sorrow should be shared, not carried alone.
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#83. We were meant to love people, and we need to accept their love in return. Otherwise, we ain't really living.
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#84. The wilderness is a place where we can lean on God and trust His promises, but it's also a place to discover that the arms He provides and the ears that listen to our fears sometimes belong to flesh-and-blood people.
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#85. We should be dissatisfied with the stale, routine way we've been worshiping and seek His presence. We should build the temple and build a relationship with Him that's genuine and real.
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#86. Once I understand that my enemy is never going to lay down arms and sign a peace treaty with, I would be wise to remain on full alert at all times.
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#87. And he realized that this was their attitude toward Yahweh, too. They either hurried through life, ignoring Him, or they regarded Yahwey and His commandments with contempt.
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#88. [God] wants us to work with Him, honey. Not for Him.
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#89. As long as we have breath we can hope, can't we?
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#90. Jesus told us to look at the birds; they don't worry about the future because our Heavenly Father feeds them. I think that's why they praise Him.
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#91. I wanted to stand up and shout that this was unfair, but loud voices were not permitted in the library.
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#92. All these troubles you've been having aren't a punishment from God. He wants to use them to draw you closer to himself.
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#93. You can never out-give God. Don't ever forget that.
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