204 Quotes by Ted Dekker

As Paul wrote, a love that is patient, showing no jealousy or arrogance, keeping no record of wrong, not seeking its own and not provoked by another’s behavior. These are the evidences of true love which flows from those who know the Father and His limitless love for them.

Some would say the Creator is a lamb. Some would say he’s a lion. Some would say both. The fact is, he is neither a lamb nor a lion. These are fiction. Metaphors. Yet the Creator is both a lamb and a lion. These are both truths.

Maybe he does show himself to us, but we don’t see. Maybe it’s not our senses that are the problem, but our minds.

My journey is so similar to everyone elses journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.

There was no life above the surface anyway.

And to understand how love unfolds, you must understand how Elyon loves.

So many Christians today see a system in which they cannot measure up and so they feel unworthy. The church seems to have failed them.

I’m here to say that you can’t make the troubled waters of life go away by defending yourself against them. You can only walk over those troubled waters if you offer peace to them and leave the safety of your boat.

Grow up? Get herself straightened out? Her mind reeled from the verbal battering. No matter what she did, her father would tell her she was wrong. Worthless. Undeserving.