Top 450 Lysa TerKeurst Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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2. “Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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3. “Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head, and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you’ll be ruled by what other people think of you.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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4. “Trusting God’s plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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5. “Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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6. “There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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7. “Not making a decision is actually a decision. It’s the decision to stay the same.”

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8. “Never is a woman so fulfilled as when she chooses to underwhelm her schedule so she can let God overwhelm her soul.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

9. “God is good to me, even when life doesn’t feel good to me.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

10. “Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.”

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11. “God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

12. “This life is not about me. It’s about joining hands with Jesus to fulfill whatever tasks He sets before me and to share His love with all He brings my way.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

13. “As Ravi Zacharias said, “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

14. “Great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

15. “We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

16. “God invites us today to live a great story with Him.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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17. “You’ve never gone too far that God can’t redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

18. “The decisions you make determine the schedule you keep. The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines how you spend your soul.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

19. “Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

20. “God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

21. “When to give grace? I’d rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

22. “My imperfections will never override God’s promises. God’s promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

23. “When God says no, we are sometimes tempted to wonder if He loves us. In reality, it’s because He loves us, He sometimes says no.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

24. “No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It’s an emptiness only God can fill.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

25. “I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

26. “Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

27. “Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God’s power.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

28. “God, I want to see You. God, I want to hear You. God, I want to know You. God, I want to follow hard after You. And even before I know what I will face today, I say yes to You.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

29. “Getting healthy isn’t just about losing weight. It’s not limited to adjusting our diet and hoping for good physical results. It’s about recalibrating our souls so that we want to change – spiritually, physically, and mentally. And the battle really is in all three areas.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

30. “I know deep hurt. But I also know deep hope. Sometimes God’s power is shown as much in preventing things as it is in making them happen. We may never know why. But we can always know and trust the Who.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

31. “God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

32. “Having faith doesn’t mean I have all the answers. It means trusting God especially in the midst of uncertainty.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

33. “Satan wants anxiety to hinder us from becoming effective servants of Christ.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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34. “Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

35. “Prayer does make a difference-a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

36. “Saying yes all the time won’t make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn out woman.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

37. “We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

38. “God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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39. “Most of us spend years chasing things in this world that we think will make us feel loved. But everything this world has to offer is temporary. Everything. The kind of love our souls crave is lasting, eternal. And only God can fill up our hearts with that kind of love.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

40. “Outside our comfort zone, though, is where we experience the true awesomeness of God.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

41. “Remember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that’s wrong so we miss the big picture of all that’s right.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

42. “What if God’s ‘NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

43. “I give grace because I so desperately need it.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

44. “The secret to healthy conflict resolution isn’t taking a ‘you against me’ stance. The secret is realizing it’s ‘us against Satan.’ He’s the real enemy.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

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45. “The truly thankful person is a truly peaceful person.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

46. “The one who obey’s God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

47. “I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

48. “One drop of the Lord’s mercy is better than an ocean of the world’s comfort.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

49. “If I’m trusting myself, I will stare at all the possible ways I could fail. If I’m trusting God, I will stare at all the possible ways He’ll use this whether I fail or succeed.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

50. “To trust God is to trust His timing. To trust God is to trust His way. God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way. In the quietness of all that doesn’t feel right, this truth does.”

— Lysa TerKeurst