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“A. W. Tozer wisely admonished, “Do a thorough job of repenting. Hasty repentance means a shallow spiritual experience. Let godly sorrow do her healing work. It is our wretched habit of tolerating sin that keeps us in our half-dead condition.”
― Carol J. Kent, Unquenchable: Grow a Wildfire Faith that Will Endure Anything

“The purpose of this hook is not to produce cookie-cutter communicators, all polished and perfect models of the manual. The purpose is to help you, within the framework of your own personality and God-given abilities, exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and communicate His truth in the most effective way. 'lhe person who knows the power of God and
is willing to give his or her potential to Him will live in the humble realization that God often allows the person with little natural ability to do His greatest work.”
― Carol J. Kent, Speak Up with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide for Speakers and Leaders

“Philip Yancey expresses it well: “Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”
― Carol Kent, Unquenchable: Grow a Wildfire Faith that Will Endure Anything

“After many weeks together, we knew it wasn’t enough to confess our sins; we had to turn from them from that time forward. Deeply humbled, we penned prayers of absolute surrender to God and offered ourselves as living sacrifices to him, to live crucified lives, dead to sin and alive to Christ. We yielded our full selves at any price to obedience to his will for our lives. It was a fearsome step to be sure, but it was like pouring pure fuel on the heart-fires God had ignited. Fully surrendered hearts, lying unrestricted on the altar of personal sacrifice, are finally able to burn freely. A few months passed, and when I met again with my friend Jillian, my heart was bursting to invite her to receive the same gift I had received. So I invited Jillian to pick up her own pen, cry out to God, make her confessions, and plead with him to help her write her way back to spiritual health, true fellowship, and passionate intimacy. I had no doubt that, if she were willing, God would revive and ignite her spirit just as he had mine.”
― Carol Kent, Unquenchable: Grow a Wildfire Faith that Will Endure Anything

“identifying something precious to us (our Isaac)
• letting go of our control over the situation, event, or the person as an act of worship
• embracing God's love in the process of the release
• resting in the outcome, even if in this lifetime we are not allowed to understand the reason behind the need for the sacrifice and the pain involved”
― Carol J. Kent, When I Lay My Isaac Down: Unshakable Faith in Unthinkable Circumstances

“horrifically painful as it is, find meaning in our own Isaac”
― Carol J. Kent, When I Lay My Isaac Down: Unshakable Faith in Unthinkable Circumstances

“We can hug our hurts and make a shrine out of our sorrows or we can offer them to God as a sacrifice of praise. The choice is ours. —RICHARD EXLEY”
― Carol J. Kent, When I Lay My Isaac Down: Unshakable Faith in Unthinkable Circumstances

“Elisabeth Elliot said, "If we demand perfect role models, we will have, except for the Son of Man Himself, none at all."2”
― Carol J. Kent, Becoming a Woman of Influence: Making a Lasting Impact on Others