204 Quotes by Ted Dekker

I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.

Any time you find yourself worrying about anything, or upset because someone has dishonored or betrayed you, it is only because you have placed your faith in something other than Jesus.

It is surrendering what we think we know about the Father so we can truly know him.

There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth. But good has little to do with the forms of religion, and evil has as little to do with so much behavior condemned by religion. Both good and evil vie for the passions of the heart. For love!

He read reports, examined evidence, and poured more reports up the chain than the Pentagon could read. Nothing short of a human sieve. But in the end he was just one small piece on this game board called war. End of story.

And does man simply choose evil, or does he create it?

When you have a desperate love for God,’ Father Micheal would say, ’the comforts of this world feel like paper flowers. They are easily put aside. If you really have God’s love.

The good news is, you can love yourself because you, too, are now love. Everything else is of your own making: a lie you believe; a story from an accuser that ravages you and keeps you locked in that cage of hell.

He felt like he was looking at a whole new world. Not only was he a new person, drowned in magic, but the thousands he faced were different.