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“We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“The one who obeys God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“Whenever you say yes to something, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your yes is worth the less.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“Unbroken companionship helps us hear His instruction so then we can see His direction. We must not seek direction before obeying His instruction.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“I struggle with decisions, too. I don't want to miss out on opportunities, mess up relationships by disappointing people, or misstep right out of God's will.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“In this great day when most women wave banners of authenticity about our pasts, we crouch back from honesty about our presents. We'll tell you all about our broken places of yesterday but don't dare admit the limitations of our today.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“I'm always asking God for direction, but I'll miss it if I constantly ignore His instruction. (11)”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“It's in those little breaks in our companionship with God where confusion sets in about what we're really supposed to do. (11) Isaiah 30:21 ref”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“How we spend our souls matter...We have to desire to become fearless with these moments [of decision]. Fight through the doubt and discouragement and awkwardness of new. (32)”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“As we wisely gain knowledge through the everyday stuff, and grapple with the development of our discernment through everyday stuff, we'll use what we have to our advantage in making better decisions. (41)”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“[Joab} does something he wouldn't have done if this woman were approaching him full of chaos. (44) 2 Samuel 20 This woman had established a pattern of making wise choices in her life, and a pattern of wise choices in the ordinary paves the road to a demonstration of wisdom in the extraordinary... Her wisdom preceded her. When it mattered most - in this time of crisis - she didn't have to try to convince people her advice was wise. They knew it. They trusted her...knowledge...insight...discernment. (45)”
― Lysa TerKeurst

“I'm just determined - determined not to go places I don't want to go simply because I didn't take the time to honestly evaluate. 70”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“The decisions you make today matter. Every decision points your life in the direction you are about to travel. No decision is an isolated choice. It’s a chain of events. If you choose wisely, your future will reflect that. But if you don’t choose wisely, the decisions you make now will take you to places you don’t want to be later.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“The Bible reminds us that we shouldn’t “let any unwholesome talk come out of [our] mouths (or fly from our typing fingertips), but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” That’s from Ephesians 4:29,”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“The only way our faith will ever strengthen is for us to use it. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outcome. We need to set our sights on growing in faith, not shrinking back for fear of failure.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“Like a tree, a woman can’t carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she’ll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“Imagine this opportunity as an amazingly attractive but fast-moving river. There is so much that looks extremely appealing about this river, you’re going to be tempted to jump right in. But once you are in the river, you have diminished your ability to make decisions. That river is moving so fast that it will take you where it is going. And if you haven’t carefully traced out in advance whether you want to go through and to the places that river flows, you’ll be in trouble.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands

“In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.”
― Andy Stanley, It Came from Within!: The Shocking Truth of What Lurks in the Heart

“Direction, not intention determines your destination.”
― Andy Stanley

“...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.”
― Andy Stanley, Fields of Gold

“Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.”
― Andy Stanley

“Here's a scary thought: What if God called you to give beyond your comfort level? Would you be afraid? Would you try to explain it away or dismiss it as impractical? And in the process, would you miss out on a harvest opportunity for which God had explicitly prospered you in the first place?”
― Andy Stanley, Fields of Gold

“If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.”
― Andy Stanley, Fields of Gold

“As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.”
― Andy Stanley, Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend

“Ps 23:1...So, if the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not become empty. I shall not live in a constant state of disappointment where circumstances drain me dry... How do I let the Lord shepherd me so the gap between my expectations and reality closes? (p. 115-6)”
― Lysa TerKeurst

“We allow the ten thousand thoughts of the day to trample unrestrained through our heads. Like disobedient children, they race this way and that, generating chaos and a myriad of emotions. This ought not to be, God says. He gave us our minds with the expectation that we were to rule them. He wants us to make our minds mind. God wants us....to tell our thoughts where they can and cannot go. God desires us to nourish certain thoughts and rebuke others saying, NO! I will NOT go in this direction. 2 Cor. 10:5 Don't allow wrong thinking to sit on the throne of your mind. Hurl it down from its lofty position. Throw it into the trash and burn it. … Lasso in good thoughts. (paraphrase)”
― Linda Dillow – Lorraine Pintus

“Col 3:2 - Mind - a way of thinking or a mind-set. A collection of individual thoughts over a period of time that influence the way we perceive life. pg. 25”
― Linda Dillow – Lorraine Pintus