Quotes about Transformation

It is essential that we reflect on the messages that were handed down to us, submitting them to Christ and his Word.

Grow me, I pray, into an emotionally mature adult through the Holy Spirit's power.

God promises if you and I will do life his way (even though it feels unnatural and hard to us initially), then our lives will be beautiful.

Stage One: "You are wrong for changing and here are the reasons why." Stage Two: "Change back and we will accept you again." Stage Three: "If you don't change back, these are the consequences" (which are then listed).21

the result of denying and minimizing our wounds over many years is that we become less and less human, empty Christian shells with painted smiley faces.

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.

God never loses any of our past for his future when we surrender ourselves to him. Every mistake, sin, and detour we take in the journey of life is taken by God and becomes his gift for a future of blessing.

leavers are believers who no longer attend church. These men and women made a genuine commitment to Christ but came to realize, slowly and painfully, that the spirituality available in church had not really delivered any deep, Christ-transforming life change—either in themselves or others.

Find the door of your heart, you will discover it is the door of the kingdom of God.

It is always true to some extent that we make our images of God. It is even truer that our image of God makes us. Eventually we become like the God we image. One of the most beautiful fruits of knowing the God of Jesus is a compassionate attitude towards ourselves. . . . This is why Scripture attaches such importance to knowing God. Healing our image of God heals our image of ourselves.12

In this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, we are talking about radical change at the core of our being. At least two critical forces hinder such a profound shift. First, the pressure of others to keep us living lives that are not our own is enormous. And second, our own stubborn self-will is much deeper and more insidious than we think.