Kristen Nelson

“But unforgiveness isn’t the answer. It never rights the wrongs you’ve experienced, and if you’ve nursed unforgiveness and self-pity, then something has begun to grow inside of you. It has likely become toxic, and you can’t afford to let it infect your life one more day. You’ve got to deal with the sin.”
― Pete Hise, What Life Are You Waiting For?: Push Play on the Adventure God Has for You

“That’s the way it is with our Father in Heaven. When you became a son or a daughter, when you were adopted into His family, He opened up for you through His Son’s death on the cross a way of fellowship and relationship that makes it possible for you to bypass the temple and its animal sacrifices. You don’t have to talk to God through a priest. You can go right into the presence of God Almighty and He will hear you.”
― David Jeremiah, Prayer, the Great Adventure

“we have gotten confused about who’s doing what in worship: we think of worshipers as an audience; pastors as entertainers; and God as the prompter. In fact, worshipers are performers; pastors are prompters; and God is the audience. When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter’s Square, we perform a drama with different parts—speaking and singing and praying and giving money and baptizing and eating bread and drinking wine—all for the delight of God.”
― David Jeremiah, Prayer, the Great Adventure

“Prayer is about real-world concerns, spoken in real-world language. God does not want us to shift into a stained-glass prayer voice to address Him.”
― David Jeremiah, Prayer, the Great Adventure