Top 100 Lysa TerKeurst Quotes
#1. Moms, let's pledge to build each other up instead of tearing each other down.
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#2. I want my kids to head out the door full of peace, not the echoes of my frustrations.
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#3. The children of Israel were led by God, not on the shortest route but rather the ordained route.
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#4. We live in a day and time when our rights sometimes take precedence over our pursuit of righteousness, when we get caught in the rush of seeking self rather than seeking God.
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#5. Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.
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#6. Today, let's set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we're not. Let's cut the threads of guilt with grace.
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#7. Don't put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.
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#8. God is good to me, even when life doesn't feel good to me.
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#10. I've tasted the deep satisfaction of God and I know all other things are but cheap imitations. And I don't want to be enamored by the lesser things wrought with momentary pleasure.
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#11. If I know there is potential good hidden within each chaotic situation, I can loosen my grip on control.
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#12. Becoming more than a good Bible study girl means I separate my shortcomings from my identity and let Jesus be the only measure of my worth.
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#13. God seems far away and French fries are right around the corner at the drive-thru.
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#14. Just because we feel offended doesn't mean we must be offended. Feelings are indicators not dictators.
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#15. God will lead us, comfort us, guide us, walk with us, prepare the best for us, and continue filling us with such lavishness that we're not just full but overflowing.
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#16. Thought for the Day: I have to make the choice every day to interrupt my fleshly tendencies of yelling and getting angry over minor things.
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#17. I am writing this book as an invitation to consider the freedom found when we bring one of our most basic of needs-food-before the Lord and all Him to guide and guard us in this area.
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#18. You have the exact qualities God knew your kids would need in a mother. Each day, hold up your willingness and ask God to make you the best version of you that you can possibly be.
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#19. But Jesus doesn't refuse to reach out to us in the middle of hurts and heartbreaks and mess-ups.
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#20. all the many times I assign thoughts to others that they never actually think. I hold them accountable to harsh judgments they never make. And I own a rejection from them they never gave me.
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#21. Outside our comfort zone, though, is where we experience the true awesomeness of God.
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#23. Inspiration and information without personal application will never amount to transformation
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#24. How we spend our souls matter...We have to desire to become fearless with these moments [of decision]. Fight through the doubt and discouragement and awkwardness of new. (32)
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#25. Whether we're on the path toward victory or defeat is determined by the very next choice we make. Not the choices from yesterday. Not the choices five minutes ago.
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#26. Insecurities should not prompt me to get things from others that I should be getting from God. Rather they should prompt me to give to others so I can point them to God.
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#27. If they make the choice to walk over me rather than walk with me, I'll have to love them from afar.
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#28. God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.
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#29. Trusting God's plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.
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#30. If we pay attention to foolish things or things that fuel foolishness in us, we will bankrupt our perspective. And we will be more likely to fall prey to Satan's schemes.
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#31. I'm not equipped to handle what she has, both good and bad and what she has is always a package deal of both. In other words, I've been assigned a load I can handle.
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#32. God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.
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#33. A good approach to something requires enough resources to handle the demands of that activity.
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#34. When to give grace? I'd rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.
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#35. if we allow our thoughts to stink, that smell will leak out of every bit of us - our words, our actions, and especially our reactions.
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#36. Willpower alone is not enough to bring about this change; start by realizing that you cannot do this alone. If you are a person of faith, use that connection to help you change.
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#37. Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God's power.
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#38. We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don't become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn't mean I have to be insecure.
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#39. God never intended for us to want anything more than we want Him.
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#40. Great love isn't two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.
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#41. How hard something is often depends on your vantage point.
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#42. I realize how desperately I need grace, therefore I try to lavishly give it.
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#43. Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no.
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#44. If things are ever going to get better, we have to acknowledge our underbellies that fuel our unglued reactions.
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#45. Unrealistic expectations are often the seeds of bitterly stuffed emotions.
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#47. My body size is not tied to my happy. If my happy was missing when I was larger, it will still be missing when I get smaller.
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#48. Proximity and activity don't always equal connectivity.
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#49. Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.
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#50. No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill.
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#53. When the world beats you down, open up your Bible.
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#54. Praying helps me see perspectives otherwise beyond me.
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#56. Many people know Christ as their Savior, but the woman who says yes to God longs to know Him as Lord.
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#57. The Devil is powerful, but he's also predictable. We are told in 1 John 2:16 the exact three ways he's going to come after us. "For everything in the world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does - comes not from the Father, but from the world.
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#58. Look for Me. Long for Me. Experience unbroken companionship with Me.
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#59. Remember, conflict doesn't always mean we have to fight against something and tear it apart ... Conflict can also mean we're fighting for something to make it even better and stronger than it's ever been.
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#60. Most of us spend years chasing things in this world that we think will make us feel loved. But everything this world has to offer is temporary. Everything. The kind of love our souls crave is lasting, eternal. And only God can fill up our hearts with that kind of love.
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#61. The truly thankful person is a truly peaceful person.
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#62. Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.
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#63. How to overcome that seemingly impossible issue ... Pray more words about it than you speak.
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#64. The only way our faith can strengthen is if we use it.
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#65. For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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#66. On the other side of every hardship is a resurrection.
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#67. With Jesus, if we want to gain, we must give up. If we want to be filled, we must deny ourselves. If we want to truly get close to God, we'll have to distance ourselves from other things. If we want to conquer our cravings, we'll have to redirect them to God.
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#68. When we know Christ, it should show in our overflow, regardless of our relative success or discouragement in the face of rejection.
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#69. But pulling away only makes things worse. God says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13). All my heart includes the parts that are broken. Bring it all to God.
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#70. Each and every thing I say yes to sets the pace of my life.
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#71. Regardless of where you are tonight, God is with you. God is wooing you. God wants you to experience Him. Whatever you are going through today, you can find His joy and peace. However distant your dreams may seem, God is working things out, and today is an important part of that process.
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#73. In addition to helping you find the desire to conquer your unhealthy cravings, it also holds the key to something very significant for most of us women - spiritual malnutrition. We feel overweight physically but underweight spiritually.
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#74. My goal should never be to raise kids that make me look good. (Oh but how my flesh craves this!) My goal should be to raise kids who love God and spend their lives making His goodness known in their corner of the world.
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#75. We are made for more because we are children of God.
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#77. Do not let the heartbreak you have experienced be wasted. God is still with you. His promises still stand. Soak in His truths and let them seep into the deepest places of your heart rubbed raw with uncertainty.
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#78. In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work - brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.3 I am fascinated by this research
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#79. Weakness is hard, but it doesn't have to mean defeat. It's our opportunity to experience God's power firsthand.
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#80. Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else's mouth is a reflection of their heart ... not yours.
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#81. Don't let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.
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#82. Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.
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#83. My imperfections will never override God's promises. God's promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.
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#84. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match. A decision.
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#85. May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
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#86. Comfort zones don't have to be comfortable
they're just familiar. It's where you feel like you belong. And, where you feel you belong is where you will stay.
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#87. On the other hand, when I change to a growth mind-set, I don't chain my identity to my insecurity.
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#88. To be set aside is to be rejected.To be set apart is to be given an assignment that requires preparation.
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#89. When a man is physically present but emotionally absent, a girl's heart can feel quite hollow and helpless. This is true whether that man is her father, her husband, or even a man whom she deeply respects.
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#91. Prayer does make a difference-a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference.
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#92. We can't always fix our circumstances, but we can fix our minds on God
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#93. God's presence in our lives fills us with His acceptance and love.
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#95. Instead of wishing things would change, I'm asking God for His strength to make a change.
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#96. Friendships are like plowed open fields ready for growth. What we plant is what will grow. If we plant seeds of reassurance, blessing, and love, we reap a great harvest of security. Of course, if we plant seeds of backbiting, questioning, and doubt, we reap a great harvest of insecurity.
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#97. Let your love for your friends, who are standing with you, and your love for the Lord, who wants you to honor Him in the way you treat your body, make you think it over.
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#98. Humility can't be bought at a bargain price. It's the long working of grace upon grace within the hurts of our hearts.
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#99. Love isn't what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.
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#100. Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses from Scripture tonight. The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths and toxic thoughts.
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