Timothy S. Lane Quotes

#1. God is simply taking you where you do not want to go to produce in you what you could not achieve on your own.

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#2. Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.

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#3. Along with that, the Bible continually reminds us that God sends the uncomfortable grace of trial not to crush or discourage us, but to mature and refine us. As we are realistic about difficulty, that needs to be our hope.

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#4. You and I will only be able to understand what is valuable when we examine things from the perspective of eternity.

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#5. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." That good work begins in relationship to Jesus and is brought to completion within an ever-deepening union with him.

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#6. When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.

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#7. Remember, your relationships have not been designed by God as vehicles for human happiness, but as instruments of redemption.

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#8. Talk like an ambassador (Eph 4:29-30).
1)Consider the person ("only what is helpful for building others up")
2) Consider the problem ("according to their needs")
3) Consider the process ("that it may benefit those who listen")

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#9. If you look for God in your relationships, you will always find things to be thankful for. When God reigns in our hearts, peace reigns in our relationships. This work will only be complete in heaven but there is much we can enjoy now.

Timothy S. Lane