Quotes about Growth
death is a necessary prelude to resurrection. To bear long-term fruit for Christ, we need to recognize that some things must die so something new can grow.
— Peter Scazzero
Our churches are filled with "leaking" Christians who have not treated their emotions as a discipleship issue.
— Peter Scazzero
Most of us never examine the scripts handed to us by our past.
— Peter Scazzero
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— Peter Scazzero
God never asks us to annihilate the self. We are not to become "non-persons" when we become Christians. The very opposite is true. God intends our deeper, truer self, which he created, to blossom as we follow him.
— Peter Scazzero
I prefer the notions of seasons to stages when describing our life in Christ. We don't control the seasons; they happen to us. Winter, spring, summer, and fall come to us whether we like it or not.
— Peter Scazzero
We view conflict as a sign that something is wrong, so we do whatever we can to avoid it. We prefer to ignore difficult issues and settle for a false peace, hoping our difficulties will somehow disappear on their own. They don't.
— Peter Scazzero
Pain has an amazing ability to open us to new truth and to get us moving.
— Peter Scazzero
God intends that we mature in learning to recognize how he speaks and guides us through our feelings.
— Peter Scazzero
Grow me, I pray, into an emotionally mature adult through the Holy Spirit's power.
— Peter Scazzero
Mature spiritual leadership is forged in the crucible of difficult conversations, the pressure of conflicted relationships, the pain of setbacks, and dark nights of the soul.
— Peter Scazzero
Using God to run from God Ignoring anger, sadness, and fear Dying to the wrong things Denying the impact of the past on the
— Peter Scazzero