Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 5:17
Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
— John Wooden
The grace of Christ in the soul is developing traits of character that are the opposite of selfishness—traits that will refine, ennoble, and enrich the life.
— Ellen White
The Christian's life is not a modification or improvement of the old, but a transformation of nature.
— Ellen White
Faith in Christ as a personal Saviour will give strength and solidity to the character.
— Ellen White
The moment you grasp God's promises by faith and say, I am the lost sheep that Jesus came to save, a new life will take possession of you, and you will receive strength to resist the tempter.
— Ellen White
Each day was called a generation, because that in it God generated, or produced, some new portion of his work.
— Ellen White
All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.
— Ellen Glasgow
You only need to lose track of who you are, or who you thought you were supposed to be, so that you end up lying flat on the dirt floor basement of your heart. Do this, Jesus says, and you will live.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
The faith that had sustained them through their middle years had gotten as tight as their old clothes. Their views of God, scripture, the church, and the world were all under renovation.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
All these years later, the way many of us are doing church is broken and we know it, even if we do not know what to do about it.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
if you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got. Extreme measures are sometimes called for, and these measures sometimes even produce results.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
— Barbara Johnson