“If you let sharks call the shots, control, and manipulate you, it will lead you down a road of burnout, hopelessness, and even depression.”
“You were never created to please people; you were created to please God.”
“We may not be able to make people’s decisions, but we can choose to forgive and be made whole in Him.”
“You are not someone’s answer. You are an example of what the answer can do in someone’s life, and you are compelled to share how you did it by God’s Word and His grace, but only their yielding in obedience to God is their answer.”
“You can never do for someone what they are not willing to do for themselves.”
“We must be compassionate but not enable people to blame or shame us out of God’s blessings.”
“Emotional hurts are like cancers of the soul. If we don’t get them out, they can poison the whole soul and body.”
“When in doubt, seek wisdom.”
“When it comes to the challenges that we’re facing, they’re not necessarily as small as we would like them to be, but they’re probably not as big as we fear them to be.”
“It s not what happens to us, it s how we write about it.”
“The greatest loss is the loss of one’s calling because we were listening to the wrong voices.”
“Jesus is not a way to truth; He is THE way.”
“You and I are called to speak truth, even when the culture tries to pressure us into silence.”
“We must be careful to say the truth with the least offense, but it has to be the truth nonetheless.”
“We must make sure our ways mirror the Word of God if we are going to live free and inherit the blessings of God for our lives. This is not the hour to compromise to keep from getting our feelings hurt.”
“Our goal should be to represent Jesus in every situation. When I was dealing with sharks, I didn’t have the answers, but God did.”
“If you keep your eyes on Jesus and prioritize your walk with Him, you’ll build your life on the right foundation.”