Beth Guckenberger > Quotes

“On rainy days or summer evenings or during long programs designed for adults, we were not allowed to say, "This is boring" or "I'm bored." If she even thought she smelled those words coming, she would quietly remind me that my attitude was what I made of it. If I was bored it was because I was boring.”
― Beth Guckenberger

“If I go about my day, oblivious to what the Enemy is doing, I am no threat. If I choose comfort over conflict, I am not advancing anything other than my own agenda.”
― Beth Guckenberger, Throw the First Punch: Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction

“Our enemy wants condemnation over redemption and destruction over restoration.”
― Beth Guckenberger, Throw the First Punch: Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction

“Hope is the birthmark of God’s kids. God asked His family to hope for a Promised Land, to hope for a Savior, to hope for His return. Hope is more than wishful thinking; it’s spiritual confidence God will always provide. Hope makes us bold, and the Enemy prefers us downcast and timid. As the opposite of hope, discouragement is subtle but sticky. Once it seeps in, it can be hard to shake off.”
― Beth Guckenberger, Throw the First Punch: Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction

“The combination of our own weakness (within), the world (around), and the Devil (nearby) creates havoc and derails God’s plans for our lives. If we’ll keep our eyes open for Satan, we’ll become more comfortable wading into the dark and turning on the light.”
― Beth Guckenberger, Throw the First Punch: Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction

“Temptation is the beckoning finger of our accuser luring us to walk into traps that are ultimately designed to hurt us. He will look for our weakness, then bite. Afterward, he attacks where we are wounded until the fight is drained out of us.”
― Beth Guckenberger, Throw the First Punch: Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction