Levi Lusko > Quotes

“Discerning God’s calling is more a relationship than a route, more journey than destination. It’s about who you are becoming more than where you are going. Perhaps it’s less about what you do and more about how well you do whatever you do.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Life in real time is messy. The fingerprints of God are often invisible until you look at them in the rearview mirror.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Suffering isn’t an obstacle to being used by God. It is an opportunity to be used like never before.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“a failure to understand how powerful and extraordinary God’s plans for you are will lead to you being taken advantage of by the enemy and failing to live up to your potential.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Remember this: God isn’t scared of what you’re scared of. But you don’t have to pretend like you’re not frightened. Naming your fear is part of getting through it.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Right now you are in training for a trial you’re not yet in. Public victory comes from private discipline.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“God doesn’t expect you to be happy about what has been torn from your hands—whether it’s a marriage, your health, a job, or someone you love—but if you are willing to trust him, he can turn trash into triumph.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Trust me when I say this: the issue isn’t whether your life is going well or falling apart; the question is, what makes you so sure you can tell the difference? Things are seldom as they appear.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“What oxygen is to the lungs, hope is to our survival in the world.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Because of Jesus, we have hope. And because of hope, even in the midst of the worst storms of this life, we have an anchor for our souls.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“DESTRUCTION BY DISTRACTION IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT WHEN IT’S HAPPENING, BECAUSE IT DOESN’T INVOLVE BAD THINGS BUT GOOD THINGS THAT TAKE THE PLACE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Far more often, you must keep showing up, day in and day out, until the hard, unglamorous work adds up and pays off. It’s easy to misunderstand what you are seeing when you look at people taking a victory lap or receiving attention or promotion. Their celebration is only the tip of the iceberg. Invisible to your eye is what’s underwater—the hell they went through on the road to success.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“It’s when you humble yourself as a servant that people want to follow you as a leader.”
― Levi Lusko, I Declare War: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself

“It is also crucial that you don’t wait for a crisis before you get these sorts of rhythms in place. You must train for the trial you’re not yet in. The worst time to try to get ready for a marathon is when you are running one. We made the decision as a family to plant ourselves in the house of the Lord before the bottom dropped out, and as a result, we had the root systems in place when we needed them the most.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“You have been made for a person and a place. That person is Jesus, and the place is heaven.” Until you’re tapped into that knowledge, your heart will be restless.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“I don't believe in positive thinking as a replacement for God but as a response to God. My goal isn't that you would see your metaphorical cup as half full: I want you to see it as constantly overflowing!”
― Levi Lusko, I Declare War: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself

“Take David, the man after God’s own heart. For decades, he held on to God’s promise that he would become king. But then he gave up and moved to Goliath’s native country, where he worked for the Philistine king and fought the wrong battles (1 Samuel 27). Abraham, the father of faith, had bad days. He once ran away from the promised land and lied about his wife being his sister to protect himself (Genesis 20). Why? He was afraid. The apostle Paul begged God three times to take away a painful trial that was far too heavy for him to carry (2 Corinthians 12:7–8). Elijah, the mightiest of the miracle-working prophets, had a total emotional breakdown when a woman cussed him out. He ended up running away from home, hiding under a tree, and wishing for death (1 Kings 19:4). The prophet Jeremiah got so stressed out that he told God he was never going to preach again (Jeremiah 20:9). And then there’s John the Baptist. Jesus said that he is the best person ever to be born of a woman. He had such a big crisis of faith in prison that he doubted whether he had made the right choice in baptizing Jesus as the Messiah (Luke 7:20).”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Life is more than who’s fighting whom on UFC, what so-and-so tweeted, which celebrities just broke up, and what the latest and greatest food truck is serving up. You were meant to live on a higher level.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Public victory comes from private discipline.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“when you don’t recognize the value of what you have in your hands, you will always get from it far less than it is worth.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“The devil could only tell Jesus to jump off the roof of the temple; he couldn't actually push him. Satan is a defeated foe. When Jesus has your back, the devil has no more power over you than you choose to concede to him. He whispers into your ear but can't make you do anything.”
― Levi Lusko, Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance

“I want to show you that God doesn’t expect you to be happy about what has been torn from your hands—whether it’s a marriage, your health, a job, or someone you love—but if you are willing to trust him, he can turn trash into triumph.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“THE MORE PASSIONATE YOU ARE ABOUT SETTING YOUR SOUL TO HEAVEN’S TIME ZONE, THE MORE PROGRESS YOU WILL MAKE IN YOUR CALLING HERE ON EARTH.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“At its most basic level, to have hope is to believe that something good is going to happen. That help is on the way. That it’s not over yet, and no matter how dark it seems, there’s going to be light at the end of the tunnel. Hope is a confident expectation. A joyful anticipation. An active, dynamic, energizing enthusiasm. When you have hope, gale-force winds can blow and tsunami waves can smash into the hull of your life, but you are buoyed by the belief that the best is yet to come, that brighter days are ahead. Hope quietly tells your heart that all is not lost, even as storms rage. Our hope is a living hope, because Jesus lives forever.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“How many times had I sat next to people who were suffering but been completely unaware of the agony they were going through?”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Getting to heaven has nothing to do with our righteous works. Our entrance fee is paid for fully by Jesus and his perfect sacrifice. But Scripture is clear that our treasure in heaven is connected to our lives on earth.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“Your words can unlock a life you love or one you loathe. It is up to you whether the self-fulfilling prophecies you articulate become a delight or a dungeon. Fortunately, as C. S. Lewis wrote, “The doors of hell are locked on the inside.” If you talked your way into your current mess, you can very likely talk your way out. One of my favorite Bible”
― Levi Lusko, I Declare War: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself

“Refuse to live a life that is “cut.” Don’t hobble back and forth between Jesus and the world, or slowly you will become like a sickly hybrid version of the “you” you were born to be.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

“You don’t have to live full of dread and desperation. The gloomy mountain you now look at in fear and terror, once it is aflame with the glory of God, will transform before your eyes. Joy is waiting.”
― Levi Lusko, Blessed Are the Spiraling: How the Chaotic Search for Significance Can Lead to Joy Through Life’s Shifting Seasons

“The things God deposits in your spirit in the midst of suffering are the same things that someday other people will desperately need.”
― Levi Lusko, Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power