Anne Graham Lotz > Quotes

“If you feel far from God right now, guess who moved? You’re only a decision away from reconnecting.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, The Magnificent Obsession: Embracing the God-Filled Life

“But God loved Hagar. He loves those who just can’t take it anymore and who run away. In fact, the Bible is filled with stories of His love for those like Hagar.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“We may never have another Great Awakening in our nation until you and I stop pointing our finger at “them” and deal with the sin in our own hearts and lives.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Nations

“Stop resisting Him. Stop resenting Him. Stop complaining. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Stop demanding what you want. Stop focusing on the outer wrappings of yourself and your circumstances. Adjust your attitude. Change your mind about things — about yourself— about others — about Him. Relax in total trust. He knows what He’s doing. Unwrap the package! Let go, and look up! Let Him open the eyes of your heart. OPEN YOUR EYES!”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Expecting to See Jesus: A Wake-Up Call for God's People

“Sometimes when I open my Bible to read, a verse leaps off the page and I know God is speaking to me. Sometimes I read and nothing seems to be illuminated. Sometimes I pray and have the keen sense that He is listening to every word and will answer me. Sometimes when I pray, I have no awareness that He's anywhere around. Sometimes when I go to church or draw aside for some quiet reflection, I have the overwhelming sense that Jesus is right beside me. At other times in the exact same settings, I have no conscious awareness of His presence at all. And I know by each experience — as I read my Bible and pray and work and worship — that He is teaching me to live by FAITH, not by my feelings.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, The Magnificent Obsession

“Did your big break turn into a big bust? Sometimes a great escape from a wounded past can turn into something worse as we discover the wounds were not just from without, but they were within. So regardless of where we go, what we do, who we are with, we carry those wounds with us.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“authentically. I am deeply motivated to know God. I want to know Him as He truly is, not through the distorted reflection of those who called themselves by His name. And I want to make Him known to others as accurately, winsomely, clearly, and compellingly as I can.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“It’s been said that peace is not the absence of danger but the presence of God.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Ask Him to fill your life until you overflow with His love — even for those you don’t like!”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“God is in the darkness and God is in the wilderness. I now know that by personal experience.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“God’s people don’t always act like God’s people should.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. ISAIAH 40:28 – 29”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. MATTHEW 28:20”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. PROVERBS 3:5 – 6”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. JOB 33:31”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him. EZEKIEL 18:20”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“I and the Father are one.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Run to God and cling to Him. God understands every verbal barb, every covert injustice, every emotional shard, every leering look, every jeering smirk. But He also keeps the books, and one day He will make everything right.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. ISAIAH 61:1”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. MATTHEW 13:45”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Finally, be strong in the LORD and in his mighty power. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. EPHESIANS 6:10, 17”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“So I refuse to let religious phonies destroy my heart for the One who loves me and draws close to me when I am wounded. I refuse to be robbed of life’s greatest treasure — a personal, permanent, passionate relationship with God through faith in Jesus.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“if our God were small enough for us to understand, He wouldn’t be big enough to save us.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Jesus in Me: Experiencing the Holy Spirit as a Constant Companion

“Don’t blame God for the behavior of the people who have wounded you. I understand the desperate desire to run from them, but not from Him.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“I am the light of the world! Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. JOHN 8:12”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 PETER 1:3”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus: Daily Moments in His Word

“God cares about each of us and all of us — period! And because He really does love you — He really does care about you — you and I can run, but we can’t outrun Him.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“You and I have not been commanded to be successful as we tell others about Jesus. We have not been commanded to lead others to place their faith in Him. We are commanded simply to be faithful in declaring the truth. Praise God! The burden of responsibility belongs to the Holy Spirit when it comes to convincing others of the truth of their own sin and need for a Savior.”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Jesus in Me: Experiencing the Holy Spirit as a Constant Companion

“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.1”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts

“When we are wounded we need to be very careful about what happens next. Because in the aftermath we are vulnerable to the enemy of our souls who would seek to use us to wound others. Watch out!”
― Anne Graham Lotz, Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts