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Womanhood, prayer, technology, the jungles of New Guinea, and more

09/11/2020 · In: books

(A)Typical Woman, Abigail Dodds

“What makes real men and women is the fact that God made us men and women, just as what makes us real Christians is that God made us Christians by making us alive in Christ. In both cases, we don’t earn it or achieve it or feel our way to it. Being a Christian and being a woman are both gracious, given, God-spoken, unchangeable realities.“

Broken and Beloved, Sammy Rhodes

“I don’t need someone who just comes to tell me things are going to be okay. I need someone who can actually make things okay.”

The Pressure’s Off, Dr. Larry Crabb

“Paul spoke openly about his pain, not in complaint, but as a reminder that the abundant life of following Jesus means abundant opportunities to draw near to Him in hard times, not an abundance of pleasant circumstances and good feelings…. Paul’s life was not a pleasant experience. By admitting it and by abandoning all hope that ever would be pleasant, the pressure was of to figure out some way to make life work. Paul lived to know God, not to use Him. He lived to draw near to God, to become like Jesus, to follow the Spirit, not to live a certain way that would please God enough to get Him to pour out the blessings of a better life.” (62)

Jesus Over Everything, Lisa Whittle

“If we trust a perfect God, we will trust that His version of us is the best version, and we will want none of the subtracted version we have become.“

Abide in Christ, Andrew Murray

“There are a thousand questions that at times come up; the attempt to answer them becomes a weariness and a burden. It is because you have forgotten you are in Christ, whom God has made to be your wisdom. Let it be your first care to abide in Him in undivided fervent devotion of heart. When the heart and the life are right, rooted in Christ, knowledge will come in such measure as Christ’s own wisdom sees fit…. Oh, let us be content to possess Christ, to dwell in Him, to make Him our life, and only in deeper searching into Him, to search and find the knowledge we desire. Such knowledge is life indeed.”

Gay Girl, Good God, Jackie Hill Perry

“Christ did not die to redeem us in part. Neither did He rise so that we might have life in portions. But with us having a body made for Him, as well as the mind, will, personality, and emotions that it contains, we must understand that God is after us becoming victorious over any and all sin that would hinder the whole person from serving God fully and freely.“

Evidence Not Seen, Darlene Deibler Rose

“I realized how little I knew of what makes a true missionary statesman; of a faith that never staggers at the promise of God, no matter how incredible to the natural man its fulfillment seems; of a trust in the Unchanging One, Who keeps the heart at rest and unperturbed in a changing world; of a burning love that counts not life dear unto itself, but is expendable for God; and of a vision that is never dimmed.“

Gentle and Lowly, Dane C. Ortlund

“We cannot present a reason for Christ to finally close off his heart to his own sheep. No such reason exists. Every human friend has a limit. If we offend enough, if a relationship gets damaged enough, if we betray enough times, we are cast out. The walls go up. With Christ, our sins and weaknesses are the very resumé items that qualify us to approach him.”

Even the Sparrow, Jill Weber

“One of the challenges in risky responsiveness to God is our attachment to particular outcomes. I have a pretty good idea at what I think a positive outcome in the situation should look like, and I’m still deeply committed to my own comfort and security. What would it look like for me to let go of my preconceived opinion and attachment to a particular outcome in a situation? What might happen if, instead, I re-orient my heart so that God’s glory becomes my end goal and destination, regardless of outcome?”

Educated, Tara Westover

“We are all of us more complicated than the roles we are assigned in the stories other people tell.”

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, John Mark Comer

“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”

Water from my Heart, Charles Martin

“‘This is love with legs.’ My father used to say that you can tell someone you love them until you’re blue in the face, but until they see that walked out, they have no idea what it means.“

Irresistible, Adam Alter

Hard to pull a quote. A lot of research, but incredibly insightful. From the book jacket: In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction and explains why so many of today’s products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist.


Currently reading:
  • Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport
  • Are My Kids on Track?: The 12 Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach, Sissy Goff, Melissa Mre Trevathan, David Lmsw Thomas
  • Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, Paul Tripp and Timothy Lane
  • The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
up next:
  • Mother To Son, Jasmine Holmes
  • The Attentive Life, Leighton Ford
  • Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor
  • The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home, Russell Moore
  • Divided by Faith, Michael Emerson
  • Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference, Tim Keller and John Inazu


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