Quotes about Renewal

Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those in the arts instead of reflexively pushing them away, can help bring the culture toward a renewed appreciation of goodness, truth, and beauty. And that is good for everyone.

Repentance means you change your mind so deeply that it changes you.

A strong breeze is natures way of blowing away our sorrows.

Don't go wastin' all them bright tomorrows you ain't even seen by hangin' on to what happened yesterday. Let go, child. Just breathe out and let go.

When we've ceased hearing or changing, we need a new environment.

Prayer Father God, there are times when we have felt that things have been taken away and stolen from us by the Enemy. Thank You that You sent Your Son Jesus to redeem our lives, to restore us, revive us, and renew us. Thank You for never forgetting us, no matter what our circumstances may tell us. Thank You for always loving us. We praise You for who You are, for all You have done and all You will do in our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen.

God teaches us to forgive, and He gives us the grace to do so. He enables us to rise above the harshest of circumstances and to begin again. He rewrites generations of brokenness to give us an incredible hope and future with Jesus.

Seeking out the Word helps immensely, I've found. It helps to push out the distractions that can cause confusion.

Good things do come out of deep sorrow and great loss...at least in time.

the Lord sometimes lets things happen to break the hardness . . . to make a heart pliable again.

The power that brought Jesus Christ back from the grave is the same power that today can meet our every need—body, mind, and spirit.

This is what reading is like to me. It's finding a spring in the midst of a barren land. Just when I think I might up and die of thirst, I stumble onto this fresh, cold water, and I'm suddenly given this new life because I can-and do-drink to my heart's content.