Quotes about Relationships
Either I get my identity vertically, out of my sense of who God is and worship who he has made me in Christ, or I will seek to get my identity horizontally, out of my circumstances, relationships, and successes.
— Timothy Lane
Your spouse, your friends, and your children cannot be the sources of your identity.
— Timothy Lane
When you seek to define who you are through those relationships, you are actually asking another sinner to be your personal messiah
— Timothy Lane
Is there evidence that you are looking to your relationships to give you things you have already been given in Christ?
— Timothy Lane
He is near, with, and in you. This means there is hope for you, even in relationships that leave you confused and disappointed.
— Timothy Lane
If I am going to love you as I should, I must worship God as Sovereign
— Timothy Lane
Your everyday communication influences the shape, quality, and direction of your relationships.
— Timothy Lane
Our background, relationships, situation, and physical condition only provide the opportunity for our thoughts, words, and actions to reveal whatever is already in our hearts. Our hearts are always the ultimate cause of our responses, and where the true spiritual battle is fought.
— Timothy Lane
Every day your words give your relationships their tone. Every day you tell people what you think of them, what you want from them, and what you would like to enjoy with them.
— Timothy Lane
To the degree that you forget you are a sinner, you will underestimate your daily need for Christ and the relationships in his body that are his tools of change.
— Timothy Lane
It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There
— Timothy Lane
In this chapter we invite you to listen to your words and evaluate the way they shape your relationships.
— Timothy Lane