Jill Briscoe > Quotes

“A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.”
― Jill Briscoe

“ . . . the secret to 'doing it all' is not necessarily doing it all, but rather discovering which part of the 'all' He has given us to do and doing all of THAT.”
― Jill Briscoe

“Courage isn’t a feeling that
you wait for. Courage is doing when you don’t have courage. Courage is
doing it scared.”
― Jill Briscoe, Me Worry?

“We may have to face God's truth about our pain--it is real, but we must be careful not to get God and life mixed up. God does not cause the pain and sorrow. He suffers with us and desires to comfort us as only he can.”
― Jill Briscoe, Faith Enough to Finish

“God is working on two fronts all the time. As He works to transform society, He works to transform the transformers!”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“The release comes when first you realize you are indeed hopelessly inadequate, and then you realize for this you have God! You can’t; He can! You are inadequate; He isn’t. How”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Courage isn’t a feeling that you wait for. Courage is doing when you don’t have courage. Courage is doing it scared.”
― Jill Briscoe, Me Worry?

“His plan in your life means his work in your hands, and you can be sure it is work he has chosen and gifted you to do.”
― Jill Briscoe, Faith Enough to Finish

“You go where you're sent.
You stay where you're put.
And you give it what you've got
Until you're done; all the way home”
― Jill Briscoe

“As far as God is concerned, He will get us to the sphere of eternal influence He has in mind for us one way or another”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Perhaps it would be helpful for all of us to spend a little time wondering what our epitaphs might be!”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Moses and Elijah are revealed to us as ordinary men who lost their tempers like we do, got discouraged like we do, and blew it like we do, we must accept the fact that God has only imperfect people to use and apparently has decided to use them!”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“A man I was talking to not long ago told me, “ I’ve left the church.” “You can’t,” I replied. “Church is not somewhere you go; church is something you are, so you can’t leave what you are.You are a member of the body of Christ! You can’t amputate yourself from His body.”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Here’s how it works. God transports us to a situation. There is no such thing as happenstance in the life of a child of God. His intent is to use fallible people to give out His infallible truth to a world living in error. He wants to use weak people who love and obey Him to transform the society to which they have been transported. Then, as we tell others, our own lives are changed in the process.”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Prayer isn’t something you do; it’s somewhere you go.”
― Jill Briscoe, A Little Pot of Oil: A Life Overflowing

“The thing that made the difference was that they had a relationship with an extraordinary God living within them, and this is a privilege accorded to every one of us who recognizes our need to know God in a personal way.”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Once we belong to God, we begin to feel adequate in the face of our problems, however severe they are. You may belong to your family, your friends, your club, or your business. But first you need to belong to God. He made you and He died for you. You are twice His.”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“He plants us where He wills in order to fulfill His purposes.”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things

“Here’s how it works. God transports us to a situation. There is no such thing as happenstance in the life of a child of God.”
― Jill Briscoe, Here Am I, Lord...Send Somebody Else: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things