Whenever an opportunity comes your way, challenge yourself to first thank God and then quickly follow up with the question, “God, who else is supposed to be blessed by this connection or opportunity? Lysa TerKeurst More Quotes by Lysa TerKeurst More Quotes From Lysa TerKeurst Satan wants anxiety to hinder us from becoming effective servants of Christ. Lysa TerKeurst anxiety becoming want When God becomes routine rather than revival, it's time to switch things up. Lysa TerKeurst revival routine We are made for the same home and power that raised Christ from the dead. Lysa TerKeurst made home christ Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional. Lysa TerKeurst reconciliation optional God does not want to make us comfortable as much as He wants to make us comfort-able - to take the comfort that we receive and share it with others. Lysa TerKeurst able comfort want Humility opens the door of opportunity. Lysa TerKeurst humility opportunity doors As I make goals for this year... Jesus, let your thoughts become my thoughts and bend my will to Your will. Lysa TerKeurst christian faith god Food can fill our stomachs but never our souls. Lysa TerKeurst children sex jesus Determine to pray more words over your marriage than you speak about your marriage. Lysa TerKeurst marriage christian relationship 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. Lysa TerKeurst decision prayer sight 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. Lysa TerKeurst struggle tree two How to overcome that seemingly impossible issue... Pray more words about it than you speak. Lysa TerKeurst issues overcoming impossible If I'm trusting myself, I will stare at all the possible ways I could fail. If I'm trusting God, I will stare at all the possible ways He'll use this whether I fail or succeed. Lysa TerKeurst succeed use way Because He's near, we dont have to be anxious or feel out of control. We have peace that rises above any circumstance! Lysa TerKeurst anxious rise-above circumstances Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there. Lysa TerKeurst bars perception people We try so hard to hold onto our stuff. We call it our treasure and expect to feel joy. But in God’s economy if we want to gain, we must give up. For joy won’t ever be found in collecting treasures. Joy radiates in our life only when we share our treasures. Lysa TerKeurst giving-up joy trying I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply. Lysa TerKeurst encouragement heart love The more we read God’s truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we’ll spend contemplating untruths. Lysa TerKeurst religious god time How I wish we could all see the cost of our choices as clearly as a price tag on items in a store. If I know how much something is going to cost me, I make much wiser choices. But we have an enemy who schemes against us to keep the cost of dumb decisions concealed until it's too late. Lysa TerKeurst price-tag choices decision When we have the same thought again, the line of the original thought is deepened, causing what's called a memory trace. With each repetition the trace goes deeper and deeper, forming and embedding a pattern of thought. When an emotion is tied to this thought pattern, the memory trace grows exponentially stronger. Lysa TerKeurst original-thought stronger memories
