Jesse Braswell > Jesse's Quotes

“Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never reject me because I am not good enough and that any community that has His heart will embrace me as I am. Jesus invites us into a community where imperfect people can find acceptance, love, forgiveness, and a new beginning.”
― Erwin McManus

“The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.”
― Brennan Manning, The Wisdom of Tenderness: What Happens When God's Fierce Mercy Transforms Our Lives – A Stirring Invitation to Accept God's Unfathomable Love

“The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Life is relationships; the rest is just details.”
― Gary Smalley

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
― Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle

“God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus. ”
― Max Lucado

“To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.”
― Max Lucado

“Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be.”
― Max Lucado

“The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.”
― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist