Quotes about Renewal

The black person entered the booth one person and emerged on the other side a new, transfigured person.

We got a dying world around us.

When we invite the Spirit to fill us, the Spirit's power grips our lives with this kind of strength and passion.

And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.

God, as much as I've needed your power to kill the Enemy, I need your power to fix me. It's not enough that power goes out from me; I need the power of God to work in me.

Jesus is a dream restorer. Your life might look different now than when it was born in your heart, but heaven still has a plan for you.

I know a lot of us feel like that. We come to a place where we're walking through the fires and trials of life, and we don't know where to turn. What we need is a fresh start. We need our story to go in a new direction. What we need is a comeback of our own.

Don't dismiss the idea of a comeback if you're someone who is already saved and walking faithfully with the Lord. You may need a fresh start after you find that your dreams—holy dreams—have crashed into pieces at your feet.

Whatever you need to come back from, I want you to hear this: if Jesus is alive from the dead—and he is—and if Jesus has conquered death and hell—and he has—then it's possible for every person to have a comeback story.

We'll never be able to do what God purposes unless we let God take away all the facades and rip off all the layers of gunk surrounding our hearts. We need God's power to start working at the base.

God starts with who we've become, and then he works his way to how we live.

Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 16:25)