Quotes about Transformation
Love changes, and in change is true.
— Wendell Berry
Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
— Teresa of Avila
A few songs with Him might change the way you sing. Forever.
— Max Lucado
We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. Not so in heaven. When heaven sees a breathless body, it sees the vacated cocoon & the liberated butterfly.
— Max Lucado
When grace moves in... guilt moves out
— Max Lucado
Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. "There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can't budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and deep. And may I show you some dry soil, too crusty for seed?" God's seed grows better if the soil of the heart is cleared.
— Max Lucado
But here the correlation with Beauty and the Beast ends. In the fable, the beauty kisses the beast. In the Bible, the beauty does much more. He becomes the beast so the beast can become the beauty. Jesus changes places with us. We, like Adam, were under a curse, but Jesus changed places with us and put himself under that curse (Gal. 3:13).
— Max Lucado
Christ entered our world. As a result, we can enter His.
— Max Lucado
Prayer lets God do what he does best. Take a pebble & kill a Goliath. Take the common, make it spectacular! Pray & see what He can do.
— Max Lucado
What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, I Can. You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.
— Max Lucado
The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.
— Max Lucado
The more radical the change, the greater the joy. And it's worth every effort, for this is the joy of God.
— Max Lucado