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“The sinful heart is never transformed by conformity to the imperatives but only by relationship with the One who cleanses hearts.”
― Elyse Fitzpatrick

“Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing.... Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.”
― Elyse Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are