52 Quotes by Jennie Allen

They say authors write books for two reasons, either the author an expert on the subject or the subject makes the author desperate enough to spend years finding the answers.

You have to thank God for the seemingly good and the seemingly bad because really, you don't know the difference [until we get to heaven].

From His eternal perspective, it's tolerable to allow our temporary dreams to fall apart.

Weight causes things on earth to fall--to remain grounded. What if the weight of sin holds the same purpose as physical weight? When I curl up on my sofa with God and his Word, that feeling that makes me want to bold should be the feeling that keeps me there with him. It's the weight of my sin pushing me down from the high and lofty places where my pride would rather keep me.

our crosses are our rights. ... Because life is not about me, because this world is not my home, because I'm tired of defending myself, and because the God of the universe is my Defender.

Because of grace we have nothing to prove. Our confidence is in the security and power God gives us, not in ourselves. To know that you are absolutely treasured, unconditionally, changes you in this way. You feel free, and you want to run with a God who would love you like that. To know that we do not measure up and that we don’t have to because of Jesus, because of grace, means that life gets a whole lot more fun.

Great people do not do great things; God does great things through surrendered people.

So, if we don’t begin with surrender, we inevitably dream with vanity, with ego, with control.

If I were your enemy, this is what I would do: Make you believe you need permission to lead. Make you believe you are helpless. Make you believe you are insignificant. Make you believe that God wants your decorum and behavior.