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Top 30 Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quotes (2025 Update)

Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Every faithful parent must give their children guidance, direction, rules, and commands. What we are saying is that these things are not to be the primary theme of our teaching. The primary theme is to be Jesus Christ and the work he’s already done.”

1. “Every faithful parent must give their children guidance, direction, rules, and commands. What we are saying is that these things are not to be the primary theme of our teaching. The primary theme is to be Jesus Christ and the work he’s already done.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Oh, how different this groom is! So many men look for a woman who is already beautiful – one who will enhance their resume and make other men think that they have value. Jesus did just the opposite. He went and found the most vile creature he could and set about beautifying her by taking her vileness upon himself and fully identifying with her, thereby remaking her into his image. Yes, eventually this does accrue to his glory, but it’s not how most men look to advance themselves.”

2. “Oh, how different this groom is! So many men look for a woman who is already beautiful – one who will enhance their resume and make other men think that they have value. Jesus did just the opposite. He went and found the most vile creature he could and set about beautifying her by taking her vileness upon himself and fully identifying with her, thereby remaking her into his image. Yes, eventually this does accrue to his glory, but it’s not how most men look to advance themselves.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “True Christianity is not a program of self-improvement; it’s an acknowledgment that something more than self-improvement is needed.”

3. “True Christianity is not a program of self-improvement; it’s an acknowledgment that something more than self-improvement is needed.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Do you love me with an all-consuming devotion that rules out all other loves?”

4. “Do you love me with an all-consuming devotion that rules out all other loves?”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “The Lord teaches us of His grace and the Gospel through difficult children. We learn what it’s like to love like He loved. It is there, in our personal upper room, where we learn to wash the feet of those that are betraying us. It is there, kneeling before our rebellious children, that the real power of God is demonstrated.”

5. “The Lord teaches us of His grace and the Gospel through difficult children. We learn what it’s like to love like He loved. It is there, in our personal upper room, where we learn to wash the feet of those that are betraying us. It is there, kneeling before our rebellious children, that the real power of God is demonstrated.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “It’s essential for us to think about God’s love today because it is only his love that can grant us the joy that will strengthen our hearts, the courage that will embolden us in our fight against sin, and the assurance that will enable us to open up our lives to him so that he might deal powerfully with our unbelief and idolatry.”

6. “It’s essential for us to think about God’s love today because it is only his love that can grant us the joy that will strengthen our hearts, the courage that will embolden us in our fight against sin, and the assurance that will enable us to open up our lives to him so that he might deal powerfully with our unbelief and idolatry.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Perhaps one of the reasons why God chooses to leave us in this terribly broken world with its various disappointments is to create in our souls a certain dissatisfaction, an insatiable hunger for home.”

7. “Perhaps one of the reasons why God chooses to leave us in this terribly broken world with its various disappointments is to create in our souls a certain dissatisfaction, an insatiable hunger for home.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God.”

8. “I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “We’re women and men who are so sinful and flawed that we deserve hell, but we’ve been so loved and welcomed that every spiritual blessing, adoption, tender fellowship with our Father and each other, forgiveness, reconciliation, and eternal life is ours. Christ’s accomplishments and perfections are ours now. Everything about us is different.”

9. “We’re women and men who are so sinful and flawed that we deserve hell, but we’ve been so loved and welcomed that every spiritual blessing, adoption, tender fellowship with our Father and each other, forgiveness, reconciliation, and eternal life is ours. Christ’s accomplishments and perfections are ours now. Everything about us is different.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Justification is a word that simply means that our record is both “just as if we had never sinned” and also “just as if we had always obeyed.”

10. “Justification is a word that simply means that our record is both “just as if we had never sinned” and also “just as if we had always obeyed.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “When we fail to respond in Christlikeness to the disappointments of life, it’s usually because we’ve forgotten all he has accomplished for us.”

11. “When we fail to respond in Christlikeness to the disappointments of life, it’s usually because we’ve forgotten all he has accomplished for us.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “When I neglect the gospel, I’ll want nice vacations and nice compliments and nice things to make my life nicer. I’ll long to be able to compare myself favorably with others and to know that I am successful. I’ll look down on those who don’t meet my standards, and I’ll idolize those who excel. I’ll forget that he is preeminent.”

12. “When I neglect the gospel, I’ll want nice vacations and nice compliments and nice things to make my life nicer. I’ll long to be able to compare myself favorably with others and to know that I am successful. I’ll look down on those who don’t meet my standards, and I’ll idolize those who excel. I’ll forget that he is preeminent.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Because we don’t know the state of our children’s souls, and because they might simply want to please us by praying to be saved, we must continue to give them the Law and encourage them to ask God for faith to believe that He is as good as He says He is.”

13. “Because we don’t know the state of our children’s souls, and because they might simply want to please us by praying to be saved, we must continue to give them the Law and encourage them to ask God for faith to believe that He is as good as He says He is.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “We’re very comfortable thinking, good parenting in, good children out.”

14. “We’re very comfortable thinking, good parenting in, good children out.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Idolatry is always subject to the law of diminishing returns.”

15. “Idolatry is always subject to the law of diminishing returns.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “We need the encouragement, correction, and loving involvement of others who are willing to risk everything for the sake of the beauty of his bride.”

16. “We need the encouragement, correction, and loving involvement of others who are willing to risk everything for the sake of the beauty of his bride.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Even though our children cannot and will not obey God’s law, we need to teach it to them again and again. And when they tell us that they can’t love God or others in this way, we are not to argue with them. We are to agree with them and tell them of their need for a Savior.”

17. “Even though our children cannot and will not obey God’s law, we need to teach it to them again and again. And when they tell us that they can’t love God or others in this way, we are not to argue with them. We are to agree with them and tell them of their need for a Savior.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “We need assurance that there is a God who is sovereignly ruling over our journeys and will one day put everything right.”

18. “We need assurance that there is a God who is sovereignly ruling over our journeys and will one day put everything right.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Any obedience that isn’t motivated by his great love is nothing more than penance.”

19. “Any obedience that isn’t motivated by his great love is nothing more than penance.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “At the deepest level of what we do as parents, we should hear the heartbeat of a loving, grace-giving Father who freely adopts rebels and transforms them into loving sons and daughters.”

20. “At the deepest level of what we do as parents, we should hear the heartbeat of a loving, grace-giving Father who freely adopts rebels and transforms them into loving sons and daughters.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “I did my best parenting by prayer. I began to speak less to the kids and more to God. It was actually quite relaxing.”

21. “I did my best parenting by prayer. I began to speak less to the kids and more to God. It was actually quite relaxing.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Love is the first cause of all the graces we desire; it “warms the heart, and sweetly and powerfully influences our affections to delight in, and to walk in love with such an exceedingly gracious and merciful God.”

22. “Love is the first cause of all the graces we desire; it “warms the heart, and sweetly and powerfully influences our affections to delight in, and to walk in love with such an exceedingly gracious and merciful God.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “We are partners with our children because we are just like them, dearly loved sinners.”

23. “We are partners with our children because we are just like them, dearly loved sinners.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “God is too great to be glorified only through the lives of His victorious children. He is glorified by our suffering and even by our sin. His sustaining strength is glorified when we walk through the furnace of affliction.”

24. “God is too great to be glorified only through the lives of His victorious children. He is glorified by our suffering and even by our sin. His sustaining strength is glorified when we walk through the furnace of affliction.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Because he loves and welcomes us as he does, we are transformed in our relationships with others. Because we have been loved as a child or a bride is loved, we are now free to love and welcome others generously, warmly, and joyously. His love for us is to have a powerful effect on our love for others, and it is the only thing that will motivate us to love as we have been called to.”

25. “Because he loves and welcomes us as he does, we are transformed in our relationships with others. Because we have been loved as a child or a bride is loved, we are now free to love and welcome others generously, warmly, and joyously. His love for us is to have a powerful effect on our love for others, and it is the only thing that will motivate us to love as we have been called to.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Idolatry, like all sin, is devastating to the soul. It cuts us off from the comforts of grace, the peace of conscience, and the joy that is to be our strength.”

26. “Idolatry, like all sin, is devastating to the soul. It cuts us off from the comforts of grace, the peace of conscience, and the joy that is to be our strength.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Faith, then, is simply a believing that there is a God who loves us, in spite of the poison of sin coursing through our soul.”

27. “Faith, then, is simply a believing that there is a God who loves us, in spite of the poison of sin coursing through our soul.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “The gospel is not good news to those who pride themselves on their hard work. It is infuriating news.”

28. “The gospel is not good news to those who pride themselves on their hard work. It is infuriating news.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Like us, our children crave the blessed benediction: “You are good!” But the Bible says that because we are not good, those words no longer apply to us. We’re not good.”

29. “Like us, our children crave the blessed benediction: “You are good!” But the Bible says that because we are not good, those words no longer apply to us. We’re not good.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “Since the fall of the human race, we’ve been alternately telling ourselves that we are good, that if we try hard enough we’ll be good enough, or that being or that being good is an impossibility, so we should just give up and have fun.”

30. “Since the fall of the human race, we’ve been alternately telling ourselves that we are good, that if we try hard enough we’ll be good enough, or that being or that being good is an impossibility, so we should just give up and have fun.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “I thought parenting was going to reveal my strengths, never realizing that God had ordained it to reveal my weaknesses.”

31. “I thought parenting was going to reveal my strengths, never realizing that God had ordained it to reveal my weaknesses.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “The obvious difference between Paul and us is that Paul bragged about his weakness, and we try to hide it.”

32. “The obvious difference between Paul and us is that Paul bragged about his weakness, and we try to hide it.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “When we lose the centrality of the cross, Christianity morphs into a religion of self-improvement and becomes about us, about our accomplishments, and about getting our act together.”

33. “When we lose the centrality of the cross, Christianity morphs into a religion of self-improvement and becomes about us, about our accomplishments, and about getting our act together.”

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Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quote: “If you’re willing to sin to obtain your goal or if you sin when you don’t get what you want, then your desire has taken God’s place and you’re functioning as an idolater.”

34. “If you’re willing to sin to obtain your goal or if you sin when you don’t get what you want, then your desire has taken God’s place and you’re functioning as an idolater.”

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