“The secret to fighting Resistance is quite simple: ignore it. When you are trying to move forward in your mission and you hear messages that are discouraging, divisive, or devaluing, shoo them away like buzzing mosquitoes. . . . This, of course, is easier said than done.”- Jennifer Fulwiler As Jennifer Fulwiler continues Chapter 7 […]
“It’s much easier to behave your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of behaving. Don’t wait until you feel like celebrating; celebrate until you feel like it. . . . Refuse to be taken prisoner by emotions that don’t reflect reality.”- Andy Stanley Andy Stanley […]
“And once you get it (your jealousies) all gathered up in one pile of discontentment, you need to pour out your heart to him. All your frustration. All your discontent. Let God know that you know he could have done better by you. . . . Go ahead and tell him how unhappy you’ve been […]
“The fact is, the common denominator in all my relational conflicts is ME. The common denominator in all your relational conflicts is YOU!”- Andy Stanley “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire abut do not have . . . You covet but […]
‘ . . . the idea of God owing you something probably strikes you the same way it did me at first – absurd. How could God owe me something? As a Christian, I’ve always believed that I owe him everything. Perhaps that’s why our jealousy is so easily misdirected. And perhaps that’s why it […]
“Just as God harnessed the power of his jealousy, so you can put your jealousy to work for a higher purpose.”- Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller “Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”-Exodus 34:14 (NIV) Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller continue Chapter 12 of Boundaries […]