15 quotes found
“Youre not discontent for wanting to be in a relationship, youre just human.”
“You’re not discontent for wanting to be in a relationship, you’re just human.”
“Active love doesnt ask: 'What does this person have to offer me?' Rather: 'What do I have to offer this person?”
“Active love doesn’t ask: 'What does this person have to offer me?' Rather: 'What do I have to offer this person?”
“Our God is vulnerable. He is.This might be striking to some. The prominent view of God is strong, mighty, courageous - not vulnerable. God?Vulnerable? God didnt only hang naked on a wooden cross, a...”
“Why does Jesus love us? Do you ever think about that? Why does Jesus, content and whole and complete and satisfied, love us? I dont see how this would benefit Jesus. He has nothing to gain from us;...”
“In the first book of the Bible it is written that: "The Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. In another translation it is written like this: "God was s...”
“I believe marriage was designed to do what only marriage can do - point us to Jesus by modeling his love for us. This, though, isnt easy or even preferable. This means the sin in us, the pride and ...”
“Were in an a bit of an awkward situation. When the institution of marriage first came about, people commonly got married at around the same age that they began to develop feelings for the opposite ...”
“The opposite of lust is intentional, purposeful. The opposite of lust is longing for a particular person because while lust is looking to get, the opposite of lust is looking to give. The opposite...”
“And for another person to come along side us on our journey - for two messy, broken people to come together and say I know your faults, I know youre going to do some things I hate, I know the perso...”
“Notice that love thy neighbor - a wildly popular piece of wisdom found in the Bible - is a command. Jesus is commanding us to love. Now, Jesus understood that emotions and feelings cannot be comman...”
“Let me paraphrase what Paul is saying here: Jesus married the Church - Christians, you and me, us. The Church is His literal bride. He laid His life down for the Church. And Paul writes that husban...”
“We’re in an a bit of an awkward situation. When the institution of marriage first came about, people commonly got married at around the same age that they began to develop feelings for the opposite...”
“Notice that “love thy neighbor” - a wildly popular piece of wisdom found in the Bible - is a command. Jesus is commanding us to love. Now, Jesus understood that emotions and feelings cannot be comm...”
