“You cannot say, “Nobody cares what becomes of me.” God cares, and with an infinite tenderness.”

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap.

Whatever you do, don’t run back to what broke you.

By night, beloved, tie your heart to mine and let them both in dreams defeat the darkness.

Hearts are broken in ten thousand ways, for this is a heart-breaking world; and Christ is good at healing all manner of heart-breaks.

The one thing the devil hates is for us to know God personally. He does not want the people of God to experience the ‘personal manifest presence of God’ in their lives.

You were made by God and you were made for God. And until you understand that, life isn’t going to make sense.

I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant

Do not look for my heart any more, the beasts have eaten it.

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.

What a comfort to realize that God doesn’t want us to be miserable. When difficulty comes, He hurts with us. Just as a parent suffers when a child goes through a painful time of growth, so God suffers with us, His children.

I will be respectful and kind, but I won’t change who I am in God just so I can be approved by man.

God calls us to be patient, not only toward with others but with ourselves, with our pasts, with being a work in progress.

Jesus compared himself to a doctor. A doctor doesn’t just look at a sick person and tell them they shouldn’t be sick. They help. You know what’s coming from God when you mess up? Help is coming.