20 Quotes by Elyse Fitzpatrick

Our beliefs about the sources of joy are frequently experienced as colored imaginations that captivate our hearts.

The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong enough to make us want to do the right thing.

Believe that God is strong enough to save your children, no matter how you fail.

We need days of failure because they help humble us, and through them we can see how God's grace is poured out on the humble.

We forget the gospel when we neglect our adoption and think that we're still just a hired servant. The Father doesn't let us come to him on those terms. We will either come as sons or we will stay with the pigs. He won't let us earn anything from him because there will be no boasting in his sight. It will either be that Jesus and his glorious gospel has the preeminence or we will go it on our own.

Let us be so taken up with the knowledge of God's goodness and the desire to fellowship with Him that our emotions are warmed and our outer man reflects great love. Although we must not seek emotional experiences for their own sake, we must not shun them merely because others misuse them or ignore God's instructions on worship.

If you wonder why you choose to worship other gods rather than wholeheartedly devote yourself to the Lord you love, examine the thought and desires that captivate your heart. That’s where you’ll fin the answer to every sin and failure in your life. Don’t be deceived into thinking that you need to develop more willpower. We need to develop godly thoughts and desires.

Idols aren’t stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God.

Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become?