Susie Larson > Quotes

“Imagine yourself in Harriet Tubman's shoes. Fighting to be freed from deplorable conditions. Placing one foot in front of the other, putting slavery behind you. If a petite, abused slave can rise up, fight for freedom, secure the freedom of others, and change her world, so can I. And so can you.”
― Susie Larson, Embracing Your Freedom: A Personal Experience of God's Heart for Justice

“Remember, you don’t have to be mighty in stature to be mighty in battle. You don’t have to be beautiful or strong, or even physically fit to change the world, you just have to know that far greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world (see 1 John 4:4).”
― Susie Larson, Your Beautiful Purpose: Discovering and Enjoying What God Can Do Through You

“Lord, I trusted You and found You trustworthy. I now know that when You ask me to wait it’s because You’re making me ready. You had to remove from me the very things the enemy would have used against me. Your ways are always motivated by love. I embrace contentment because You are always my safest place. My refuge.”
― Susie Larson, Your Beautiful Purpose: Discovering and Enjoying What God Can Do Through You

“Our witness is only as strong as our freedom is real. We can have the most noble convictions in the world, but if we are snarky and impatient when we don't get our way, those things will interfere with our influence. If we gossip more than we pray, those misspoken words will demolish our influence. If our addictions get in the way of living out our convictions, we'll have mostly a negative influence.”
― Susie Larson, Embracing Your Freedom: A Personal Experience of God's Heart for Justice

“May God himself restore to you something you lost and never thought you’d get back again. May He heal a soul wound you thought you’d never get over. May He pour out an abundance of joy and hope that makes you celebrate before the answer comes. And may a thriving, rich faith mark your life in every way. You have access to the Most High God. May you live accordingly. Rest easy tonight!”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“May you refuse to be bullied by your fears or diminished by your insecurities.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Morning: Prayerful Encouragement to Begin Your Day

“We all have parts of our lives that we wish were different. We all carry around in our hearts a measure of grief from regrets, hurts, heartbreaks, and disappointments. We feel the ache in our soul when things don’t go the way we’d hoped. We feel frustrated with ourselves when we stumble in the same ways we have for years. What’s the answer? Look up. Ask Jesus to help us see the worth in our story, the worth in our souls, because we belong to Him.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“...spiritually speaking, here's an important analogy: we're not accountable for how our accomplishments measure up to the gifted person sitting next to us. However, we are accountable for what we do with what we've been given.”
― Susie Larson, Embracing Your Freedom: A Personal Experience of God's Heart for Justice

“May you—in spite of your critics—move forward in faith. May God’s song over your life drown out every lesser voice. May you look up and rejoice because heaven rejoices over you. Remember who you are today! In Christ Jesus you possess all you need. Your name is written on His hand. Your desires are especially close to His heart. His call on your life fits you perfectly. Be watchful and thankful today Jesus is with you.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Morning: Prayerful Encouragement to Begin Your Day

“We’re not called to a busyness that drains us; we’re called to an abundance that trains us.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. ROMANS 12:12 NIV May God give you His perspective on the things that frustrate you. May your heart of compassion grow for those who suffer in unimaginable ways. May you pray as passionately for them as you do for yourself. May God protect you from a small, selfish mind-set. May He fill you up with thanksgiving and joy for the freedoms you enjoy! May He renew your resolve to be a grateful, humble soul. And may He use you tomorrow in ways that surprise and bless you. Sweet dreams.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“Tomorrow’s Promise Don’t be afraid—you’re not going to be embarrassed. Don’t hold back—you’re not going to come up short. You’ll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. For your Maker is your bridegroom, his name, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies! Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, known as God of the whole earth. ISAIAH 54:4–5 THE MESSAGE May God expand your territory, enlarge your vision, and increase your capacity for His influence in your life. May you be quick to hear, quick to obey, and quick to trust Him with every detail of your life. As you consider His faithfulness today, may you walk faithfully to your next place of promise tomorrow. He has been faithful. He will be faithful. Rest assured of that.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“Fearing God, Not Man Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the LORD means safety. PROVERBS 29:25 May you be content to know that you cannot be all things to all people; you live to serve an audience of One. May you love people but keep your hope in God. May you be willing to take risks with people, but may your sole trust be in God. May the power you once gave to others rest solely on God because He defines, He saves, He provides, and He has the power to transform.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“Nothing makes sense if God's love doesn't make sense. God's love opens our eye's, ears, pores, hearts, cells, and capacity to trust Him in every season.”
― Susie Larson, Closer Than Your Next Breath: Where Is God When You Need Him Most?

“We stunt our own growth when we take our eyes off God. Worse yet, we won’t see goodness when it comes. Good always comes. But we’ll miss it if we fix our eyes in the wrong direction.”
― Susie Larson, Waking Up to the Goodness of God: 40 Days Toward Healing and Wholeness

“The storms reveal the lies we believe and the truths we need.”
― Susie Larson, Waking Up to the Goodness of God: 40 Days Toward Healing and Wholeness

“pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. EPHESIANS 3:16–18”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“Our loving Father often takes us back to certain parts of our stories - never leaving our sides for a moment - before He propels us forward into our next place of promise. We may not always feel His nearness, but He's intimately involved with every nuance of our lives. He helps us to re-story our story. He gives us new experiences and redemptive perspective. His presence changes everything.”
― Susie Larson

“Beyond Imagination The Scriptures . . . say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9–10 May you believe that your wildest God-given dreams can come true. May you trust Jesus enough to follow Him through the valley to lay hold of them. May you be patient and purposeful. May your selfish ambition die and your holy ambition arise. May you lean into your training time so you’ll be strengthened and prepared to stand in your next place of promise. Then you’ll be poised to change the world. Tonight, sleep well.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“He give us a purpose in life, not because He needs us, but because He loves us.”
― Susie Larson, Your Beautiful Purpose: Discovering and Enjoying What God Can Do Through You

“May you believe from deep within that God is with you, for you, and will never let you go.”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“Habakkuk: Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. 3:17–18”
― Susie Larson, Your Beautiful Purpose: Discovering and Enjoying What God Can Do Through You

“Our trials and triumphs are packed with opportunities that impact eternity. Daily, God gives us opportunities to shift our weight onto His promises and discover that they hold.”
― Susie Larson

“we are afflicted with the idea that we are not accomplishing anything unless we are always busily running back and forth.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still. EXODUS 14:14 NIV”
― Susie Larson, Blessings for the Evening: Finding Peace in God's Presence

“When we love others in a way that goes beyond our own natural instincts, we tend to the deepest desire of God’s heart for the world—that the world may know His love. And as we deeply love others, something in our own soul gets healed along the way.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“We must not confuse resting on our laurels with walking intimately with God. If we rely on our past victories, we’ll fail in our current battles. However, if we rest in God more than we trust ourselves—because we have a history with Him—He’ll cover us, equip us, empower us, and protect us whether we feel up for the battle or not.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“But all too often, we manage our time like we manage our money—more goes out than what comes in. We don’t realize how our busyness makes us less stable and more vulnerable.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“From time to time, we all forget what we look like to Him. Sometimes He pours out fresh grace and we can actually feel the truth of our worth. But other times He asks us to walk by faith in the absence of any feeling whatsoever. Those are tough times—when all of the messages coming our way seem to contradict what we know to be true.”
― Susie Larson, Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligation for Freedom, Passion, and Joy

“In essentials, unity. In doubtful questions, liberty. In all things, charity. There is enough of the flesh in every one of us to wreck any local church or any other work of God. Therefore, we must submerge our own petty, personal whims and attitudes, and work together in peace for the glory of God and for common blessing.”
― Susie Larson, Your Beautiful Purpose: Discovering and Enjoying What God Can Do Through You