Top 100 Lynn Austin Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Massa Jesus take care of it in His own time, His own way.”

— Lynn Austin

52. “Today Rosa’s little one will take his first step in outgrowing his mother. Children are their own persons; they are not part of us.”

— Lynn Austin

53. “Did you ever stop to think that maybe you read too much?” “That’s absurd,” I said with a little laugh. “Nobody can read too much. That’s like saying someone breathes too much.”

— Lynn Austin

54. “When we feel unworthy in His presence it’s because we glimpse His holiness.”

— Lynn Austin

55. “We want to make our own plans and then pray, ‘My will be done, if you please Massa Jesus, in earth, as it is in my plans.’ You got to put your life in Jesus’ hands. Trust that in the end, whatever happens, He still in control.”

— Lynn Austin

56. “Alliances with other nations lead to bondage,” Zechariah explained. “Joseph started out as Pharaoh’s trusted advisor in Egypt, but later generations ended up as slaves. And wasn’t it Ahaz’s so-called alliance with Assyria that led to our present slavery?”

— Lynn Austin

57. “Behind Caroline was her schoolroom full of bright, eager students. God had given them to her as a gift, to show her that the sacrifices she’d made did have meaning. His purposes for her life would be partly fulfilled in them, and in those children’s futures.”

— Lynn Austin

58. “When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry.” Zechariah’s words stunned him. “Then I’m an idolater, too?” “To have faith in Yahweh is to know that there is a realm of the spirit beyond the comprehension of our minds,” Zechariah said. “Trusting in Molech, as Ahaz did, or trusting in your own wisdom and intellect – there’s no difference in God’s eyes. It’s all idolatry.”

— Lynn Austin

59. “It was easy to rise up in faith and heroism when we faced a clear-cut enemy. Its much harder to resist the enemy of gradualism and assimilation, much harder to maintain a passion for God when we are bogged down in the daily routine of life.”

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60. “It’s easy to have faith when we get everything we want from God, everything we pray for. But when we don’t, we have to decide if we want His will or our own. We can’t manipulate God by a display of faith or by our actions. Only idols can be manipulated. God is sovereign, and He will do what He do what He wills, for His purpose. And those purposes are often hidden.”

— Lynn Austin

61. “We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.’’ HENRI NOUWEN.”

— Lynn Austin

62. “Besides re-arming myself with joy, I need to know the holes in my defenses, the places where I’m vulnerable and where the enemy has successfully attacked me before.”

— Lynn Austin

63. “Jesus told us to look at the birds; they don’t worry about the future because our Heavenly Father feeds them. I think that’s why they praise Him.”

— Lynn Austin

64. “Because there’s a big difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is external and can change when your circumstances change. If you believe that money will make you happy, for instance, and then you lose all your money, you’ll be very unhappy. But joy is deep inside us and isn’t dependent on circumstances.”

— Lynn Austin

65. “Even when bad things happen, He can use them for good.”

— Lynn Austin

66. “Love isn’t a feeling; it’s an attitude, it’s actions. Like buying him the prayer shawl. Whether you feel anything or not, just do the loving thing.”

— Lynn Austin

67. “Then rely on your judgment and forget all this.” Zechariah scooped up the scroll with a sweep of his hand. “But don’t try to do both. It won’t work. Either your faith in God is absolute, or it’s worthless. There’s no way to compromise.”

— Lynn Austin

68. “Love will require mutual trust, opening your hearts and lives to each other. It takes work to build a true relationship. The same is true of Yahweh.”

— Lynn Austin

69. “You can never out-give God. Don’t ever forget that.”

— Lynn Austin

70. “It’s the highest form of praise,” Abba had said, “to keep believing that God is good even when it doesn’t seem that way.”

— Lynn Austin

71. “You see, here’s the word for man – and the word for woman. All the letters are the same except for these two. And if you put those two letters together, they form the name of God. If you share a love for each other and for God, His presence will dwell in your midst.”

— Lynn Austin

72. “Death was not God’s choice; it was man’s. Death is unnatural, a punishment for sin. But God countered man’s choice with another perfect plan – He redeemed us in Christ so we could live forever with Him.”

— Lynn Austin

73. “Goodbyes were like crossroads where the path divided, places where you could look back at what you were leaving behind yet glimpse the choices and possibilities that lay ahead. Goodbyes were hard because they meant change.”

— Lynn Austin

74. “Once the sacrifice has burned into ashes on the altar, your sin is nothing but ashes, as well. The Holy One forgives us – and we have to believe it in faith. That means leaving our past in the past, not agonizing over it, not bringing it to life in your memory again and again. We must forget it the same way God does – ‘As far as the east is from the west.’ That’s how far in the past our sins will be.”

— Lynn Austin

75. “I want to do something important.” “It’s the little things that make all the difference in the world. The kind words we speak and the simple things we do for people.”

— Lynn Austin

76. “Jesus said that when we put others ahead of ourselves, the world will see God’s love through us.”

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77. “Prayer doesn’t come with guarantees. We can’t change God’s mind by pleading with Him. But praying will bring us closer to Him, so He can comfort us and let us know He loves us no matter what happens.”

— Lynn Austin

78. “Don’t hate them,” Mama said as if reading Ans’s mind. “They’ll win if we hate them.”

— Lynn Austin

79. “Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You’re not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us – so He made it as frail as fine china.”

— Lynn Austin

80. “Your real Father is God. He’s the only Father who will never disappoint you. And from the time He formed you in your mother’s womb, He already knew you and loved you more than Karl Bauer or any other man ever could.”

— Lynn Austin

81. “But the Scriptures say that as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is Hashem’s mercy toward us. As far as the east is from the west, so far has Hashem removed our sins from us. We can be forgiven. And then we can begin to live new lives from that day forward.”

— Lynn Austin

82. “You’re feeling the flames, Ezra, but that’s part of the process. This pot I just made won’t be useful for anything until it goes through that fire.” He pointed to the kiln, where waves of heat shimmered above it. “The pots baking in there right now would be useless if they didn’t endure the heat.”

— Lynn Austin

83. “His questions will make his faith stronger in the end.”

— Lynn Austin

84. “When you forgive someone, you make a choice to cancel the debt he owes you.”

— Lynn Austin

85. “Folks get set on having their own way, and they end up with their hearts broken when it don’t happen. God’s the one who’s deciding what’s going to be and what ain’t. He knows what’s best even if we’re too stubborn to realize it sometimes. We’re like little kids fighting over the wishbone, squabbling about who’s gonna get his wish. Bible says that even though we make lots of plans, it’s the Lord who’s gonna have his way.”

— Lynn Austin

86. “What do you think Jesus is gonna say if we come walking up to those pearly gates carrying a whole sackful of grievances and grudges on our backs? Jesus is gonna ask, What’s that you toting there on your back? Do you want to be opening that sack and showing Him all those ugly things? He’s dressed all in white and shining like the sun, and you’re coming in with a load of hate in your arms? Umm hmm. I can’t imagine doing that.”

— Lynn Austin

87. “The text was Jesus’ commandment from the twelfth chapter of Mark to love thy neighbor as thyself. Dominie said that loving our neighbor didn’t necessarily mean we must feel loving emotions toward them, but that we must speak lovingly to them, rather than in anger or derision. And we must do acts of lovingkindness and compassion, deliberately and frequently, demonstrating the undeserved grace God shows to us.”

— Lynn Austin

88. “None of us will ever be all that God wants us to be until we face our past, face the people and the events that God put in our lives that shaped us and made us who we are. But first, we have to get over our anger at Him for allowing the bad things to happen. Jesus says if we ask our Father for bread, He won’t give us a stone. We have to stop seeing the bad things in life as stones – they’re really God’s bread. They’ll nourish us and help us grow if we accept them as food for our souls.”

— Lynn Austin

89. “All of us would like to believe that we could accomplish one brave, selfless act for God and for His kingdom. But it takes greater courage to faithfully accomplish the daily, thankless tasks of everyday life for Him – being a father to our children, a good husband to our wives, building His temple one laborious block at a time.”

— Lynn Austin

90. “Until one day I realized that regret from the past was keeping me from living well in the present. And it was robbing me of a future.”

— Lynn Austin

91. “Time and a hundred daily distractions can slowly turn us away from God before we even realize it’s happening. But I urge you to keep reading your Bible. Jesus said if you seek Him you will find Him, if you search for Him with all your heart. He’s with us everywhere we go, Anna. He’s not just in a church building.”

— Lynn Austin

92. “Just a minute, Esther. Slow down and listen to me. How can Hashem answer such a prayer in the middle of a war? We are the ones who started this war, not Him. People are not puppets that Hashem controls, making us do whatever He wants. Nor can He be manipulated to do whatever we ask of Him. Human beings chose to start this war, and that means we are responsible for putting the people we love in danger, not Him. But Hashem can bring good from this, even if we cannot see it.”

— Lynn Austin

93. “Time and a hundred daily distractions can slowly turn us away from God before we even realize it’s happening.”

— Lynn Austin

94. “Worry doesn’t change a single thing. Just live.”

— Lynn Austin

95. “No, Missy. Ain’t nothing wrong with being afraid – that’s only human. But we need to give our fear to Massa Jesus instead of letting our imaginations run off with it.”

— Lynn Austin

96. “Don’t ask God what He’s doing. That’s the wrong thing to ask. Ask Him what you should be doing.”

— Lynn Austin

97. “Love isn’t always a feeling. Sometimes it’s a decision.”

— Lynn Austin

98. “I’ve discovered that the things that happen in my life make a lot more sense when I include God in the picture. It’s like trying to work a jigsaw puzzle without the picture on the front of the box. You can do it, but the task of putting thousands of tiny pieces together will sure go easier and make a lot more sense if you can take a peek at the bigger picture now and then.”

— Lynn Austin

99. “Adversity is the testing ground of our faith. God has to risk losing you forever to your anger and bitterness in order to have you for His true son. Anyone can believe and sing praises on the Temple Mount when the sun is shining, but true praise is sung in the darkest valley when the Accuser tells you to curse God for making you suffer so much pain. If you can still praise your Father’s goodness, even in the darkness, then you are His son indeed.”

— Lynn Austin

100. “He was slowly learning that walking in faith meant leaving a way of life in which he was in control and willingly walking in uncertainty, trusting that God was in control.”

— Lynn Austin