Top 450 Lysa TerKeurst Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.”

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52. “Inspiration and information without personal application will never amount to transformation.”

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53. “A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.”

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54. “So, I’m not on a diet. I’m on a journey with Jesus to learn the fine art of self-discipline for the purpose of holiness.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

55. “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.”

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56. “God, despite my circumstances, I will find reasons to praise You.”

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57. “At the end of the day, honoring God leads to good things. Anything else leads to confusion, emotional exhaustion and a lack of good things.”

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58. “I realize how desperately I need grace, therefore I try to lavishly give it.”

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59. “No matter your age, stage of life, or circumstances, don’t forget to dare to dream with God. You don’t have to figure anything out. Just keep saying yes to Him, in big ways and small, and watch what He does.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

60. “Being married is amazing. Being married is incredibly difficult. Being married can seem impossibly hard. Being married is incredibly beautiful. Yes, marriage is a fragile blend of all of this and more.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

61. “Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.”

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62. “The only way our faith will ever strengthen is for us to use it. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outcome. We need to set our sights on growing in faith, not shrinking back for fear of failure.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

63. “Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses from Scripture tonight. The more we read God’s truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we’ll spend contemplating untruths and toxic thoughts.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

64. “We must feel the pain to heal the pain. If we never allow ourselves to feel it, we won’t acknowledge it’s there.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

65. “God’s Word is the Truth. And His Truth says you are a holy and dearly loved child of your heavenly Father. You are wonderfully made. You are a treasure. You are beautiful. You are fully known by Him and lavishly loved by Him. You are chosen. You are special. You are set apart. No matter what you’ve done or what’s been done to you, these words of God are true about you.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

66. “Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.”

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67. “Whatever attitude we bring into a situation will be multiplied.”

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68. “I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.”

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69. “Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.”

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70. “Do not let the heartbreak you have experienced be wasted. God is still with you. His promises still stand. Soak in His truths and let them seep into the deepest places of your heart rubbed raw with uncertainty.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

71. “God has challenged me to grow in my knowledge of Him but I have to CHOOSE whether or not to display this growth through my actions.”

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72. “I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I’m not.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

73. “Too many people think that finding the reason God placed us here on earth will come in one assignment with a big title and complete job description. I believe that discovering our purpose will unfold slowly, like a seed planted deep in the ground.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

74. “Raw emotions – anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment – are the feelings we tend to hide from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.”

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75. “Boundaries are simply clearly stated parameters that provide a safe structure for communication and the health of a relationship.”

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76. “So often, we want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention. But we need to leave enough space in our days to get up from our prayers and actually look for God in the moment-to-moment things that happen.”

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77. “I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the world.”

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78. “Remember: even the smallest drop of God’s strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.”

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79. “Humans are very attached to outcomes. We say we trust God but behind the scenes we work our fingers to the bone and our emotions into a tangled fray trying to control our outcomes. We praise God when our normal looks like what we thought it would. We question God when it doesn’t. And walk away from Him when we have a sinking suspicion that God is the one who set fire to the hope that was holding us together.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

80. “Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress.”

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81. “Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.”

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82. “Refusing to gossip is a beautiful decision to make. It not only creates richer friendships but, more importantly, it makes our relationship with the Lord more authentic and believable. We honor God when we honor each other.”

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83. “Those who constantly try to impress others will quickly depress themselves.”

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84. “What if the worst parts of your life are actually gateways to the very best parts you’d never want to do without?”

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85. “Nothing done with the focus on God is ever a waste of time.”

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86. “Sometimes we miss the miraculous of all that we have been blessed with because we’re so focused on the one thing we don’t have. When this happens, we become disillusioned with all that we do have.”

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87. “God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by food. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So, I keep asking for Your wisdom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk away from things that are not beneficial for me.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

88. “Our decisions aren’t just isolated choices. Our decisions point our lives in the directions we’re about to head. Show me a decision and I’ll show you a direction.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

89. “Today, let’s be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.”

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90. “How I wish we could all see the cost of our choices as clearly as a price tag on items in a store. If I know how much something is going to cost me, I make much wiser choices. But we have an enemy who schemes against us to keep the cost of dumb decisions concealed until it’s too late.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

91. “It’s impossible to hold up the banners of victim and victory at the same time.”

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92. “We can go to Bible study and amen every point made, but if we don’t apply it to our lives, we won’t be changed. And I’ll even take it a step further and say that if we’ve been exposed to a teaching that we know we need to implement and we don’t make any changes, that’s a clue that the hardening of that part of our heart is in process.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

93. “Whatever has you afraid, angry, intimidated or frustrated tonight – take it to our all-powerful and all-capable God. He has the answer.”

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94. “If you give your mess to the Messiah, He can turn it into a message.”

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95. “God gave me emotions so I could experience life, not destroy it.”

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96. “God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.”

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97. “Lord, help me to see what comes my way as an opportunity instead of an inconvenience.”

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98. “Today, let’s set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we’re not. Let’s cut the threads of guilt with grace.”

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99. “Feelings follow correct behaviors, not the other way around. Make right choices to honor God, and your feelings will eventually catch up. And though at first following God this way may appear to make your life harder, it actually does the exact opposite. It makes your attitude more in line with His, thus enabling you to weather whatever comes your way.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

100. “Remember: The pain isn’t the enemy. Pain is the indicator that brokenness exists. Pain is the reminder that the real enemy is trying to take us out and bring us down by keeping us stuck in broken places. Pain is the gift that motivates us to fight with brave tenacity and fierce determination knowing there’s healing on the other side.”

— Lysa TerKeurst