Top 30 Levi Lusko Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The devil could only tell Jesus to jump off the roof of the temple; he couldn’t actually push him. Satan is a defeated foe. When Jesus has your back, the devil has no more power over you than you choose to concede to him. He whispers into your ear but can’t make you do anything.”

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2. “Life in real time is messy. The fingerprints of God are often invisible until you look at them in the rearview mirror.”

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3. “Because of Jesus, we have hope. And because of hope, even in the midst of the worst storms of this life, we have an anchor for our souls.”

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4. “When you’re a Christian and you’re going through a great time of difficulty, you will notice that those around you who don’t know Jesus Christ – especially those you’ve shared your faith with before – will lean in extra close. Their ears perk up. They want to see if what you have advertised is going to prove true in the product demonstration. You told them that Jesus is the light of your world. Well, now your power has been cut, and they want to see if you can glow in the dark. You.”

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5. “Getting to heaven has nothing to do with our righteous works. Our entrance fee is paid for fully by Jesus and his perfect sacrifice. But Scripture is clear that our treasure in heaven is connected to our lives on earth.”

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6. “What oxygen is to the lungs, hope is to our survival in the world.”

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7. “God doesn’t expect you to be happy about what has been torn from your hands – whether it’s a marriage, your health, a job, or someone you love – but if you are willing to trust him, he can turn trash into triumph.”

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8. “It’s when you humble yourself as a servant that people want to follow you as a leader.”

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9. “Discerning God’s calling is more a relationship than a route, more journey than destination. It’s about who you are becoming more than where you are going. Perhaps it’s less about what you do and more about how well you do whatever you do.”

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10. “Suffering isn’t an obstacle to being used by God. It is an opportunity to be used like never before.”

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11. “The things God deposits in your spirit in the midst of suffering are the same things that someday other people will desperately need.”

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12. “The only way to truly live is to run toward the roar.”

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13. “This was a total lightbulb moment in the initial twenty-four hours after she went to heaven. “She is with him, and he is in me.” Hope has a rope.”

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14. “The most important battle is the one you fight within, in your mind and heart, to not give up. If you give up hope, you won’t have the motivation to do anything else in a critical situation.”

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15. “Right now you are in training for a trial you’re not yet in. Public victory comes from private discipline.”

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16. “Of course people will try to take a bite out of you when you dare to do something great – for many of them it will be the only taste of greatness they will ever have!”

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17. “I don’t believe in positive thinking as a replacement for God but as a response to God. My goal isn’t that you would see your metaphorical cup as half full: I want you to see it as constantly overflowing!”

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18. “Trust me when I say this: the issue isn’t whether your life is going well or falling apart; the question is, what makes you so sure you can tell the difference? Things are seldom as they appear.”

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19. “Far more often, you must keep showing up, day in and day out, until the hard, unglamorous work adds up and pays off. It’s easy to misunderstand what you are seeing when you look at people taking a victory lap or receiving attention or promotion. Their celebration is only the tip of the iceberg. Invisible to your eye is what’s underwater – the hell they went through on the road to success.”

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20. “Your words can unlock a life you love or one you loathe. It is up to you whether the self-fulfilling prophecies you articulate become a delight or a dungeon. Fortunately, as C. S. Lewis wrote, “The doors of hell are locked on the inside.” If you talked your way into your current mess, you can very likely talk your way out. One of my favorite Bible.”

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21. “Nothing so influences your life as your ability to control your spirit in the midst of volatile feelings and the madness of life.”

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22. “How many times had I sat next to people who were suffering but been completely unaware of the agony they were going through?”

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23. “You have been made for a person and a place. That person is Jesus, and the place is heaven.” Until you’re tapped into that knowledge, your heart will be restless.”

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24. “It is also crucial that you don’t wait for a crisis before you get these sorts of rhythms in place. You must train for the trial you’re not yet in. The worst time to try to get ready for a marathon is when you are running one. We made the decision as a family to plant ourselves in the house of the Lord before the bottom dropped out, and as a result, we had the root systems in place when we needed them the most.”

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25. “Remember this: God isn’t scared of what you’re scared of. But you don’t have to pretend like you’re not frightened. Naming your fear is part of getting through it.”

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26. “Our goal should be to pray such gutsy prayers that God says amen to us.”

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27. “Refuse to live a life that is “cut.” Don’t hobble back and forth between Jesus and the world, or slowly you will become like a sickly hybrid version of the “you” you were born to be.”

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28. “Life is more than who’s fighting whom on UFC, what so-and-so tweeted, which celebrities just broke up, and what the latest and greatest food truck is serving up. You were meant to live on a higher level.”

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29. “Public victory comes from private discipline.”

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30. “If you can do anything else, he told them, do it! Be a banker, practice law, be a surgeon, and glorify God by doing so. Only become a pastor, he advised, if you literally can’t not. Do it only if, as it was with Jeremiah, God’s Word is a consuming fire inside your bones and you are unable to hold it back.2.”

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31. “Maybe, like me, you have gotten so good at listening to yourself that you have forgotten to speak to yourself. It’s easy to drift along with the speakers of your soul blasting the play-by-play commentary of your naturally negative self. It’s time you fire yourself as your personal critic and rehire yourself as a coach. You can alter how you feel through changing the way you speak.”

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32. “God’s up to something! He’s turning your mess into a message.”

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33. “The only way to get to victory is to be willing to make mistakes on the way there.”

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34. “There are lots of ways to grow in your relationship with God’s Spirit: serving other people, taking a walk and venting to the Lord, reading the Bible, talking to a friend you can be real with. But I have found that there is nothing so powerful and effective as gathering together with the church.”

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