Mandy Fender > Quotes

“If you don’t fight for your faith, you will lose it. Your faith is worth fighting for, Lennox.”
― Mandy Fender, Defier: The Girl Who Stood

“Jesus takes those pieces that other people have broken and makes your heart whole again. His love fills the void that other people leave behind. His love is the only love that could ever truly make you whole. The love that comes from God will never leave you broken-hearted.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“He loves you with perfect love that heals the heart and mends the holes that life leaves behind.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“She still had doubts about God, which concerned Oliver. Lennox wanted to avoid getting into another lengthy discussion about it. She wanted to believe in God, but she had major problems and she wanted answers in a major way. She needed to understand why her parents were dead and why God did not intervene. Lennox needed an answer from God to decide how she felt about Him. The real problem was, Lennox was not entirely convinced that God answered prayers—at least not hers.”
― Mandy Fender, Defier: The Girl Who Stood

“The only way you will find that plan is to be broken before Him. A transformation must take place in your heart so that God can shape you and mold you into the vessel He has designed for His plan. God’s plans are always better than ours!”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Lord, I’m scared. Please let these tribulations draw me closer to you rather than push me away.”
― Mandy Fender, Defier: The Girl Who Stood

“Know who God is and you will know what love is.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Romans 12:6-8 “We have different gifts, according   to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“God can turn a life that is broken into a thing of beauty.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Often we have too many distorted takes on love because of the way everyone else represents it.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Sometimes what we think is best is actually not the best for us. God knows the beginning from the end and knows how to make you whole. Your brokenness is not the end of who you are; it is the beginning. Life will break you, but God will mend you and make you stronger through it all. The society in which we live approaches brokenness with trying to fix it themselves. We cannot fix ourselves. The truth is only God can turn a life that is broken into a thing of beauty.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Learning to die to yourself and surrendering your will is invaluable in your walk with the Lord. Just like the seed, once you break and die to self, your growth in the Lord begins.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Tomorrow is not promised to anyone. That is why you must live every day like it’s your last.”
― Mandy Fender, Defier: The Girl Who Stood

“Do not hold back the love of Christ; let it shine through you.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“I would rather serve God and displease my flesh than serve my flesh and displease God.”
― Mandy Fender

“That means while you were in the middle of your sin, God still loved you enough to send you a Savior, to send you a way to be free from sin, a refuge, a hope, a true love. When you turned your back on Him, He still loved you. When you cursed His name, He still loved you. When you sinned against Him, He still loved you. He loved you enough and still loves you enough to bring you out from among your sin and make you righteous through the blood of Jesus Christ.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“To be beautifully broken is to be broken before the Lord. Being broken before the Lord allows Him to put you back together the way He sees fit. It allows God to put you on the potter’s wheel and make you who you were always meant to be.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Your world won't fall apart when Jesus is the One holding it together.”
― Mandy Fender, Pretty Little Truths: Modern Devotionals for Young Women

“Life will break you, but God will mend you and make you stronger through it all.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Become broken in your flesh so that your spirit may receive the true love that was always meant to be in your life. His love will heal the ugly, bitter, painful brokenness and replace it with the beauty of real love.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“You can grow to the point in Christ where He can freely use everything in you, even what you call flawed. Let God use your broken past so He can transform it into a beautiful future. You are not the broken beautiful, you are the beautifully broken.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“Outward beauty fades, but inner beauty will shine throughout your lifetime.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“God is love! That means that God is all of these things to you. He is patient with you, kind to you, does not dishonor you and He is not easily angered with you. When you ask for forgiveness, God does not keep a record of your wrongs to hold against you later and throw them in your face. God rejoices in truth and not evil. He protects you and entrusts you with blessings. He has hopes for you and His love perseveres for you. He does not give up on you and fail you. He loves you; He always has and always will. God knows the secrets of your heart, the struggles of your past, and your every thought and still loves you. His love truly endures.”
― Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken: Giving God the Broken Pieces

“God is a good God and, accordingly, everyone is to be given the chance to turn from their evil ways and repent.”
― Mandy Fender, Sparrow