Chris Durso > Quotes

“And by not accepting what we’ve been created to accomplish, we’ll never feel fully satisfied with what we do accomplish in life.”
― Chris Durso, Misfit: Dealing with Our God-Given Discomfort

“Satan has some good tricks up his sleeve, but they are old tricks. He cannot create, so there is nothing new coming from his corner. He also lacks the power of the Holy Spirit. This is key. While Satan can read the text, he cannot decipher the text as we can. He cannot gain revelation from the Holy Spirit as we can, so he cannot truly understand the context the way we can, which renders him less powerful than he would like us to think. This is why it is so important for us to know the Word of God.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“Just as Leonardo Notarbartolo watched and learned, waiting for the right time to pull off one of the greatest diamond heists of all time, Jesus watched and learned during His time on earth. Jesus was able to pull off “the heist of the centuries” because He took the time to be a part of the world. HE KNEW SIN. HE SAW SIN. HE BECAME SIN.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“Hard steps always cause us to question our calling, but really it’s those steps that may affirm our calling. What looks like failure may really be fulfillment.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“We need the bad guys in the story of our lives to bring our purpose to light, to let our light shine bright for Jesus.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“The worst kinds of robberies happen when people rob themselves of a happier life because they inaccurately believe their bad decisions already did that.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“Both Moses and Jesus climbed a mountain to spend time with God, but when they came down, only One carried the heart of God.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“He was planning on robbing us for God.”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame

“If it is true that the Son of God died quickly because the weight of our sin was too heavy for His human organs to bear, then how could we, in our mere human state, possibly think we are capable of carrying the weight of our sin?”
― Chris Durso, The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame