Quotes about Transformation

When your ears hear and your eyes see the sin, weakness, or failure of your husband or wife, it is never an accident; it is always grace. God loves your spouse, and he is committed to transforming him or her by his grace, and he has chosen you to be one of his regular tools of change. So, he will cause you to see, hear, and experience your spouse's need for change so that you can be an agent of his rescue.

Parents, if your eyes ever see or your ears ever hear the sin and weakness of your children, it's never an accident, it's never a hassle, it's never an interruption; it's always grace. God loves your children and because he does, he has placed them in a family of faith so that you can be his tool of convicting, forgiving, and transforming grace.

Change is about learning what is right, acknowledging that it is right, confessing that you have been wrong, committing to a new way of living, and seeking the help you need to do it. (66)

Here's how gospel growth works: you cannot grieve what you do not see, you cannot confess what you haven't grieved, and you can't repent of what you haven't confessed.

In grace, he leads you where you didn't plan to go in order to produce in you what you couldn't achieve on your own.

God's call to obey is itself a grace. In this call, he is actively rescuing you from you.

Change begins at the level of the heart.

My Savior has been with me, for me, and in me, and he works to take very bad things and produce through them very, very good things.

Prayer always forsakes the kingdom of self for the kingdom of God,

Knowledge is an exercise of your brain. Wisdom is the commitment of your heart that leads to transformation of your life.

when Jesus touches me with his rescuing grace, he is freeing me from my bondage to me!

He is not only your indwelling Savior, he is your reigning King. He does in you what you could not do for yourself and he does outside of you what you have no power or authority to do.