Quotes about Understanding

Believing in Christ and believing Christ can be two very different things. We all begin with the former, but we certainly don't want to end there! We want to keep believing what Jesus says about Himself and His Father—and about us—until we see Him face to face.

Withholding forgiveness until an offender understands or acknowledges the emotional pain they have inflicted is a subtle form of revenge. Why? Because it's hoping that the offender would hurt a little too, in order to understand. But this type of revenge robs you of your freedom and allows the offender to keep control of you. Dr. Chuck Lynch, I Should Forgive, but .

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don't understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on. 1 Timothy 1:7

God doesn't speak just to hear the sound of His own voice. Interestingly, neither does He speak to be heard by others. He speaks in order to accomplish.

God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:25

From the very beginning, God geared the faith walk to be relational, not informational. The latter was always intended for the sake of the former.

When researchers try to break down what is happening at Mosaic, far too often they see the skin and miss the heart.

Hear the other side.

There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most.

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.