8 Quotes by Joanna Weaver

Do not be anxious about anything,” Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6–7, “but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. LUKE 10:41–42.

Someone has said that Jesus went from place of prayer to place of prayer and did miracles in between.

And Jesus’ words to Martha are the words he wants to speak to your heart and mine: “You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.” The “one thing” is not found in doing more. It’s found by sitting at his feet.

We are as intimate with God as we choose to be.”7 The only limitations of God’s presence in our lives are the limits we ourselves set – the excuses we set up to avoid being filled to the measure with God.

We all want a testimony, but we’d rather skip the test that gives us one.

He’s calling us to the Great Exchange – the one where we ccan never lose. As we trade the “many things” that make us anxious, He gives us the “one thing” that calms our hearts. Himself.