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Lysa TerKeurst is an American Christian author, speaker, and Bible study teacher. Born on July 21, 1969, she is recognized for her writings on Christian living, marriage, and family. TerKeurst has authored several best-selling books and has a significant following among Christian readers.

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“If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.”

Ifs Want Soul Rooms My Soul Schedules

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“If I'm trusting myself, I will stare at all the possible ways I could fail. If I'm trusting God, I will stare at all the possible ways He'll use this whether I fail or succeed.”

Ifs Way Use Failing Succeed Staring Trust In God

Book:The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

Source: The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry.”

Ifs Honor Where You Are Ministry

Book:What Happens When Women Walk in Faith: Trusting God Takes You to Amazing Places

Source: What Happens When Women Walk in Faith: Trusting God Takes You to Amazing Places

“Person who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. So if we want to live better and invest wisely in our souls, we've got to change our approach to the way we make decisions. We've got to rethink how we use the two most powerful words, yes and no.”

Ifs Way Want Persons Two Soul Use Decision Powerful Sadness Approach Stress Most Powerful Schedules Overwhelmed Ache Powerful Words Yes And No

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“Motherhood - no matter if you're a working mom or stay at home mom - is really tough sometimes. It can really leave us each day with a sense of wondering if we're doing it right. You know, it's a long term investment. You don't see big returns in the short term. Raising a child can easily pull you into being hyper-focused on the tough everyday moments of life.”

“We aren't supposed to strive for perfection everyday. If we were perfect, we'd have no need for Jesus. And it's through our imperfections that we really feel the pull toward our need for a Savior. So the imperfections serve a wonderful purpose if we'll let them.”

Ifs Needs Feels Purpose Jesus Perfect Wonderful Perfection Strive Everyday Imperfection Savior

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“When God says no, we are sometimes tempted to wonder if He loves us. In reality, it’s because He loves us, He sometimes says no.”

Ifs Sometimes Reality Wonder Tempted Unanswered Prayers

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“If you give your mess to the Messiah, He can turn it into a message.”

Ifs Giving Turns Messages Mess Messiah

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“The only way our faith can strengthen is if we use it.”

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“Everything I do and say tells a story of who I am serving. If I am acting out of anger and spite, I am serving the father of darkness and spreading his darkness. If I am honoring to the Lord with my actions, I am serving to further the name of Jesus and spreading His light.”

Ifs Inspirational Stories Light Action Christian Choices Father Jesus Names Acting Christianity Lord Darkness Honor Anger Spread Who I Am Spite Serving Acting Out

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“If you desire to please God with the decision you make and afterward it proves to be a mistake, it’s an error not an end.”

“The decisions you make today matter. Every decision points your life in the direction you are about to travel. No decision is an isolated choice. It’s a chain of events. If you choose wisely, your future will reflect that. But if you don’t choose wisely, the decisions you make now will take you to places you don’t want to be later.”

Ifs Want Matter Today Choices Decision Events Chains Our Future You Choose Isolated Your Future Choose Wisely Decisions You Make Chain Of Events

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“What if God’s 'NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.”

Ifs Way Process Growing Imagine Protect What If Something Better Saying No

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“I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.”

Ifs Want Helping Jesus Lord Opinion Honor Careful

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“Being uncertain and scared and riddled with doubt some days isn't a sign of bad things to come. It's actually quite the opposite. After all, if great things weren't on the horizon, I don't think the enemy would be so bent on attacking us.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Enemy Doubt Opposites Scared Great Things Bad Things Horizon Uncertain Bent Attacking Attacking Us

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“We try so hard to hold onto our stuff. We call it our treasure and expect to feel joy. But in God’s economy if we want to gain, we must give up. For joy won’t ever be found in collecting treasures. Joy radiates in our life only when we share our treasures.”

Ifs Want Giving Feels Trying Hard Joy Found Stuff Economy Our Lives Share Giving Up Gains Treasure Collecting

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“How I wish we could all see the cost of our choices as clearly as a price tag on items in a store. If I know how much something is going to cost me, I make much wiser choices. But we have an enemy who schemes against us to keep the cost of dumb decisions concealed until it's too late.”

Ifs Knows Choices Wish Decision Enemy Know How Cost Late Stores Dumb Too Late Schemes Wiser Items Concealed Tag Our Choices Price Tag Dumb Decisions

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“Here's an encouraging word for someone tonight - don't think you're not doing what God called you to do just because things don't seem as glamorous as you thought they would be. If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry. Keep being obedient, keep looking for the next open door of opportunity, and above all else hold closely to our Lord.”

Ifs Thinking Seems Would Be Next Opportunity Lord Doors Honor Tonight Where You Are Ministry Our Lord Glamorous Commitment To God Obedient Words Of Encouragement Encouraging Words

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“If I'm going to call myself a person of faith, I need to be willing to live a life that actually requires faith.”

Ifs Needs Persons Willing

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