15 Quotes by Winston T. Smith

Inviting others to change by reminding them of their true identity is God’s trademark. If we expand our study of Ephesians beyond chapter 4, we see that the entire letter is organized around the principle of asking people to become who they really are.

You need faith that Jesus will help you every step of the way, but you also need to take concrete action.

At some point in marriage, you have to realize that you can’t make your spouse change. If your happiness hinges on your ability to control your spouse, you doom yourself to the frustration and hopelessness of trying to do the impossible.

The danger isn’t simply that you’re unhappy or that your marriage is less than it could be; it’s that God becomes increasingly irrelevant to your marriage, the relationship that defines your life more than any other.

God is love” is much more than a nice thought. Your ability or willingness to love your spouse says as much about your relationship with God as about your relationship with your spouse.

Marriages change when we’re willing to love consistently, over time, not because our spouses change but because we’re in a growing relationship with God.

To the extent that you use authority to manage your own fears and feed your own desires, you’re subverting Jesus’ authority and enthroning yourself.

Marriages change when we’re willing to love in practical, Christlike ways, especially in the difficult moments.

We sometimes refer to our spouses as our other or better half. The expression suggests that our spouses complete us. Although a sweet idea, it isn’t God’s view. Jesus is the One who completes you as a person created for a life of love.