90 Quotes by Priscilla Shirer

Condemnation always leads to guilt-laden discouragement, while conviction – though often painful in pointing out our wrongdoing – still somehow encourages and lifts us, giving us hope to rebuild on.

Only God’s presence can change people’s lives.

Prayer is how we isolate the real problems. And prayer is how we get up behind those problems and attack them at the roots. It’s how we isolate the real enemy. It’s how we keep him on his heels and off our man.

Fervent prayer keeps your true identity in focus.

But I say his reign of terror stops here. Stops now. He might keep coming, but he won’t have victory anymore. Because it all starts failing when we start praying.

If I were your enemy, I’d use every opportunity to bring old wounds to mind, as well as the people, events, and circumstances that caused them. I’d try to ensure that your heart was hardened with anger and bitterness. Shackled through unforgiveness.

Today’s difficulties are often a result of yesterday’s disobedience.

Give your hands to Him for His work, your feet to walk His path, and your ears to hear Him speak.

Hold your own plans loosely and stay ready to submit to His. Consider them to be more important, more desirable than anything you could dream up on your own. He has come down to you with intentionality and purpose because He loves you and knows that you are never more secure than when you’re in His will.