Quotes about Growth

You must let God teach you the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.35

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing.

You would think the church and its leaders would be all for healthy leadership and whatever it takes to achieve it. But the truth is that there are parts of church leadership culture that actually work hard against it.

While I was disciplined in spiritual practices, the people closest to me (starting with my wife, Geri) did not experience me as more loving with each passing year.

La salud emocional y la madurez espiritual son inseparables.

One of our greatest obstacles in knowing God is our own lack of self-knowledge. So we end up wearing a mask—before God, ourselves, and other people. And we can't become self-aware if we cut off our humanity out of fear of our feelings. This fear leads to unwillingness to know ourselves as we truly are and stunts our growth in Christ.

A child doesn't say, "What's wrong with this environment where I am growing up?" They think, What's wrong with me?

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing."6

It has been said that the real measure of our sense of self is when we are with our parents for more than three days. At that point we need to ask ourselves how old we feel. Have we gone back to our patterns of behaving more in line with our childhood, or have we broken free from our past to live in what God has for us now?

What are the hurricane winds, internal and external, that prevent us from becoming all God intends?

Thus, disciplining ourselves to invest time, energy, and money in personal development is not a selfish indulgence, but one of the most loving things we offer to those we serve. Team

Part of growing into an emotionally mature Christian is learning how to apply practically and effectively the truths we believe.