Quotes about Change

But not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.

We can go to Bible study and amen every point made, but if we don't apply it to our lives, we won't be changed. And I'll even take it a step further and say that if we've been exposed to a teaching that we know we need to implement and we don't make any changes, that's a clue that the hardening of that part of our heart is in process.

Whatever it is, if we are really going to stop circling the mountain and head north toward lasting changes, we have to empty ourselves of the lie that other people or things can ever fill our hearts to the full. Then we have to deliberately and intentionally fill up on God's truths and stand secure in His love.

We can't live in an alternate reality and expect what's right in front of us to get better.

We are amazingly similar to the children of Israel. We spend half our lives looking back at our own Egypt with selective memories, longing to have our comfort zone back. Then we spend the other half wishing our days away for a dreamy future in our own promised land.

You can't go on this grand adventure with God and keep your old way of thinking.

When we decrease, God has room to make big things happen.

When God becomes routine rather than revival, it's time to switch things up.

Refuse to wallow in the depressing angst condemnation brings. On the other hand, embrace any conviction you feel. Condemnation defeats us. Conviction unlocks the greatest potential for change.

A whole lifetime could be spent making excuses, giving in, feeling guilty, resolving to do better, mentally beating myself up for not sticking to my resolve, feeling like a failure, and then resigning myself to the fact that things can't change.

So, while there are still good things in this world, the world is no longer a perfect reflection of God's goodness.

What happened yesterday can't be changed, but it can be forgiven. That's your miracle in the mess.