Quotes related to Colossians 3:12
Understand that no time showing up and bringing compassion to another human is ever a waste of time. Rather, it's our chance to bring context, purpose, and meaning to all of life. Quiet moments of compassion are epic moments of battle.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Let your gentleness be evident to all" (Philippians 4:5).
— Lysa TerKeurst
I want to keep the peace. I want to be gentle, not confrontational.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Let your past rejection experiences work for you instead of against you by allowing them to help you sense the possible pain behind other people's reactions.
— Lysa TerKeurst
don't always feel like being nice and pleasant, but I can choose to in order to honor God.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation. (vv. 3 — 4 NLT)
— Lysa TerKeurst
And in that you will find the why. Why did this happen? Because there's someone else in the world who would drown in their own tears for not seeing yours.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Dear Lord, please help me pause and allow the Holy Spirit to intervene when I want to react in ways that don't glorify You. Even when I'm caught off guard, may Your love and patience be the spillover from my heart. In Jesus' name, amen.
— Lysa TerKeurst
I can't expect a perfection in others I'm not even capable of living out myself.
— Lysa TerKeurst
You have been entrusted with the heart of another human being. Whatever else your life's great mission will entail, loving and defending this heart next to you is part of your great quest.
— John Eldredge
How can a man know he is one when his highest aim is minding his manners?
— John Eldredge
Many relationships fail for the insistence of treating others as problems to be solved, rather than as hearts to be known and loved.
— John Eldredge