33 Quotes by Timothy S. Lane

What is a relationship? The intersection of the stories of two people. The problem is that an awful lot of carnage takes place at this intersection.

No human being was ever meant to be the source of personal joy and contentment for someone else. And surely, no sinner is ever going to be able to pull that off day after day in the all-encompassing relationship of marriage!

Our relationships are often harmed when we try to atone for our own sins while condemning the other person for his.

What God has begun in you, he will complete. Your destiny has already been decided. The One who decided it will give you all you need to get there.

We are fallen dreamers, who dream of better worlds than the one in which we live. But the dreams we envision are often more about our own agenda than they are about our Lord’s. Though we may not be aware of it, we are often at odds with our wise and loving Lord. The change he is working on is not the change we dream about. We dream about change in it – a person or circumstance – but God is working in the midst of it to change us.

Weak and needy people finding their hope in Christ’s grace are what mark a mature relationship. The most dangerous aspect of your relationships is not your weakness, but your delusions of strength. Self-reliance is almost always a component of a bad relationship. While.

Only when you accept the bad news of the gospel does the good news make any sense. The grace, restoration, reconciliation, forgiveness, mercy, patience, power, healing, and hope of the gospel are for sinners. They are only meaningful to you if you admit that you have the disease and realize that it is terminal.

Remember, your relationships have not been designed by God as vehicles for human happiness, but as instruments of redemption.

And each of us has tried to be the Holy Spirit in another person’s life, trying to work spiritual changes that only God can accomplish.