Jess Connolly > Quotes

“Ladies, this is what scares me. When a horse is finally tamed and trained, bearing the burden of saddle and human expectations alike, she is called broken. It is only then that she performs the duties expected of her.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The world may tell us we’re too much and never enough. But we can walk wildly in who God created us to be and rest freely in the work Jesus did for us. We do not have to be confined or conformed by cultural expectations. We are unchained from our past and unafraid of our future.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“One of the wildest and freest things we can do is to embrace our little personality quirks and believe that we were made that way on purpose, for the glory of God and the good of the kingdom.”
― Jess Connolly, Always Enough, Never Too Much: 100 Devotions to Quit Comparing, Stop Hiding, and Start Living Wild and Free

“Our circumstances and our surroundings do not dictate how wild God can be. The wild and free nature of God does not bat an eyelash at the state we’re in, because He is not bound by the conventional, the typical, or any rules. Our lives can look shattered and bland, broken and poor—and He can bring life and salvation and color, no matter what.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“if by grace we have faith in Jesus, we are already holy. Look down at your feet, look around at your home, and take a long glance at your life as it is now: you’re on holy ground. If you have the identity of Jesus written over your life, you cannot become more holy, you cannot grow to be more holy, you cannot act more holy. You just are. Already.”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“How often was I doing this—living on the outside like someone who isn’t thinking about God all the time, when on the inside my heart is solely for Him? Was this how I was leading others? Ignoring the sacred to fit in and seem normal?”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“I am blessed to meet women around the world, and I believe this wild and free faith is growing in us. It isn’t wild in rebellion; it is wild in obedience. And it isn’t free to do whatever we want; it is free to do whatever He calls us to do. This kind of faith is powerful, and it is beautiful.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Don’t apologize for your tears or qualify how you feel. God isn’t freaked out by our pain or what we’re really feeling; He just wants us to share it with Him rather than bury it and pretend like it’s not there. He is here to listen and here to love.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Show me a woman who knows where God has called her but who holds progress in high regard, and I’ll show you a woman who understands abundance. Show me a woman who knows that vision affords her patience but has patience to see the vision God has given her come to fruit, and I’ll show you a woman who understands abundance. Show me a gal who does not have time to compare the lives of other women because she is furiously busy thanking God for where He has brought her, and I’ll show you a woman who understands abundance.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“You’re not too much if you’re struggling with depression. You’re seen, held, loved, and treasured by the God of the universe.”
― Jess Connolly, Always Enough, Never Too Much: 100 Devotions to Quit Comparing, Stop Hiding, and Start Living Wild and Free

“If we could see the fullness of our sin and the depth of His grace, we’d dance. If we knew our true identity as holy daughters of God, made right with Him and called to stay set apart for His glory and our abundance, we’d stand firm. And if we fully grasped both of these things, you wouldn’t be able to stop the women of God from running on mission”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“Jesus lets her feel the weight of her sin so that she can feel the strength of His grace.”
― Jess Connolly, Dance, Stand, Run: The God-Inspired Moves of a Woman on Holy Ground

“Likewise, how can any dreams or desires God has given us come alive if they’re surrounded by fear and squashed by doubt? Things born into captivity cannot flourish.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“With all I’ve got, I believe that as much as you want God, He wants to give you Himself even more.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21)”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“God the Father didn’t send His Son to be a beauty pageant judge. God didn’t send Jesus to bind together the tidy and the healthy to build a beautiful church. God sent His Son to heal the brokenhearted, to mercifully tend to the sick, and to establish the church as a gathering place for people to come as they are to receive Him in His fullness.”
― Jess Connolly, Always Enough, Never Too Much: 100 Devotions to Quit Comparing, Stop Hiding, and Start Living Wild and Free

“The problem with being safe is that while it feels comforting, it’s not fertile ground for growth.”
― Jess Connolly, Breaking Free from Body Shame: Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good

“God is the God who sees, and no matter how few human eyes consider us, God always finds us worthy of care.”
― Jess Connolly, Always Enough, Never Too Much: 100 Devotions to Quit Comparing, Stop Hiding, and Start Living Wild and Free

“The tame and scripted worship of God that gave me warm and fuzzy feelings never came that day, and at the same time, my mental picture of God's glory's blown to bits. Up until then, worship had been about how I felt; on that day, God expanded my viewpoint to see that He is not wildly concerned with how I feel but is wildly out for His own glory. Singing to Him, praying to Him, talking about Him, learning more about His nature and goodness and work in our lives - this all benefits us, but it's not about us. The point of our worship is not our joy or our advancement. God's sole purpose in calling His people to worship Him is allowing them to give Him glory because He wants it.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The Greek word praus is used in 1 Peter 3:4 to describe the characteristic of gentleness or meekness. HELPS Word-studies define this word as “exercising God’s strength under His control—i.e. demonstrating power without undue harshness.”6 The heart of meekness is simply harnessing the Lord’s power under His control.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“I refuse to miss out on what God is doing, what He might be saying, and how He may be miraculously intervening. I refuse to miss out because I’m focused on myself, my insecurities, or my perception of my own capacity.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“we are wild and free women who speak life, the native language of our Father,”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Living the abundant life God has crafted for you with intention, passion, and willingness to do whatever He’s asked you to with a fine-tuned focus on His glory.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“To stand woefully before Him and all the people He’s placed in front of us to serve and mourn that we don’t seem to have any gifts—that’s calling Him a bad giver. That’s the same as calling Him careless or thoughtless or insinuating He has the capacity to skip over one of us, and all that I know to be true of God tells me He can’t forget even one of His kids. He wouldn’t forget one of His kids. The Giver has not forgotten you,”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“At some point in your life, you are going to come up against rejection. Someone (or many someones) will take a long hard look at you and decide: I don’t like her. She’s not for me. It may be because you’re too spiritual. It may be because you’re too kind. It may be because you’re too pretty or too ugly in their eyes. Perhaps you are too smart, or maybe it’s because you weren’t educated properly. You might have said too much or said too little. You might be rejected because you did something wildly wrong or because you refused to cosign on their sin. It’s likely that at some point, you’ll be rejected because you actually did something awful or had bad intentions, and they refused to give you grace. There’s also the potential for you to be rejected when you did absolutely nothing wrong. You’re in good company, because this is also Jesus’ story.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

“Biblical meekness is never weakness. Rather, it is a harnessing of God-given strength.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The way we view our bodies is not a shallow, surface issue for the immature or the vain. The way we view our bodies is a deeply spiritual issue because our bodies are made by God, in the image of God, and they are where we encounter God for now.”
― Jess Connolly, Breaking Free from Body Shame: Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good

“Yatsar is the word used to describe specifically how God “formed” mankind, and it’s a delicate and specific word. The literal translation refers to a potter fashioning something out of clay, and, goodness gracious, that makes me feel known and seen. The Father, who had only just a little earlier created light without blinking an eye or feeling any stress, created humans intricately and creatively, like an artist.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“We’re here to shine the light of Jesus, to love our neighbors, to use what we’ve got for the good of others and the glory of God.”
― Jess Connolly, Breaking Free from Body Shame: Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good

“Knowing exactly what God wants us to do is not the aim of our life; worship is.”
― Jess Connolly, You Are the Girl for the Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You