Tekoa Manning > Quotes

“Suffering has been my most faithful teacher.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“Often our places of mourning and darkness are carving out a place of gratitude and sunlight.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“My prayer is that laughter rises from tear-filled bottles and that pure joy overtakes you to the point you are jumping and leaping—shouting even.

~Tekoa Manning”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“Eventually, you too will see the joy in the most teachable moments of despair, wrapped in darkness that ushers in redemption. Joy is sitting right next to sorrow.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“Have you ever been so thirsty for hope that the night sky wept with you?
The stars Abraham gazed upon still hang above you. So do the promises.”
― Tekoa Manning, Thirsting for Water: Devotions to Awaken the Spirit and Quench the Thirsty

“I looked evil in the eye and smiled at it with such power that I felt a little dizzy.

Jade Gentry (Polishing Jade)”
― Tekoa Manning, Polishing Jade

“Sorrow and pain come in somber colors with blackened curtains that cover windows of opportunity. This weighted down worry and heartache can keep us awake at night.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone had thrown him an Ace and a King, but they were still different suits. He didn’t know what to discard or what to keep, and he was scared to death to lay them down.”
― Tekoa Manning, Walter: The Homeless Man

“This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God. (John 11:4 —”
― Tekoa Manning, Thirsting for Water: Devotions to Awaken the Spirit and Quench the Thirsty

“I dare you to look at the stars and remember all the promises the Holy One has whispered to you.”
― Tekoa Manning, Thirsting for Water: Devotions to Awaken the Spirit and Quench the Thirsty

“A very popular saying in Jesus-Yeshua’s day was not “the devil is a lie” but Torah is the way, Torah is the truth and Torah is the light. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
― Tekoa Manning, Doctrines of Demons Part 1:

“There is a joy that sings like amber sap spilling into tree limbs running down to the roots.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials