Lysa TerKeurst Quotes

“God can take what Satan meant for shame and use it for His glory. Just when we think we've messed up so badly that our lives are nothing but heaps of ashes, God pours His living water over us and mixes the ashes into clay.

He then takes this clay and molds it into a vessel of beauty. After He fills us with His overflowing love, He can use us to pour His love into the hurting lives of others.”

“I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the world.”

“Instead of always looking to get fulfillment from my loved ones and the other blessings in my life, I can simply enjoy them for what they are.”

“Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment.”

“A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.”

“Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no.”

“Not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.”

“We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.”

“Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.”

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.”

“My ability to heal cannot be conditional on them wanting my forgiveness but only on my willingness to give it.”

“God’s Word is the Truth. And His Truth says you are a holy and dearly loved child of your heavenly Father.

You are wonderfully made. You are a treasure. You are beautiful. You are fully known by Him and lavishly loved by Him.

You are chosen. You are special. You are set apart. No matter what you’ve done or what’s been done to you, these words of God are true about you.”

“Humans are very attached to outcomes. We say we trust God but behind the scenes we work our fingers to the bone and our emotions into a tangled fray trying to control our outcomes. We praise God when our normal looks like what we thought it would. We question God when it doesn’t. And walk away from Him when we have a sinking suspicion that God is the one who set fire to the hope that was holding us together.”

“Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like.”

“These seasons of suffering are not for nothing. They will grow you. They will shape you. They will soften you. They will allow you to experience God's comfort and compassion.

But you will find life-giving purpose and meaning when you allow God to take your painful experiences and comfort others. You will be able to share a unique hope because you know exactly what it feels like to be them.”

“To trust God is to trust His timing. To trust God is to trust His way. God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way. In the quietness of all that doesn't feel right, this truth does.”

“What if disappointment is really the exact appointment your soul needs to radically encounter God?”

“Like a tree, a woman can’t carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she’ll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.”

“My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity.”

“Never is a woman so fulfilled as when she chooses to underwhelm her schedule so she can let God overwhelm her soul.”

“The Bible reminds us that we shouldn’t “let any unwholesome talk come out of [our] mouths (or fly from our typing fingertips), but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” That’s from Ephesians 4:29,”

“The decisions you make today matter. Every decision points your life in the direction you are about to travel. No decision is an isolated choice. It’s a chain of events. If you choose wisely, your future will reflect that. But if you don’t choose wisely, the decisions you make now will take you to places you don’t want to be later.”

“The one who obeys God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.”

“The only way our faith will ever strengthen is for us to use it. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outcome. We need to set our sights on growing in faith, not shrinking back for fear of failure.”

“Whenever you say yes to something, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your yes is worth the less.”

“But it is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.”

“Feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate where your heart is in the moment, but that doesn't mean they have the right to dictate your behavior and boss you around.

You are more than the sum total of your feelings and perfectly capable of that little gift called self-control.”

“Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.”

“I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.”

“It is beautiful when the Master chisels. God doesn’t allow the unglued moments of our lives to happen so we’ll label ourselves and stay stuck. He allows the unglued moments to make us aware of the chiseling that needs to be done.”