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Edward T. Welch QUOTES

Edward T. Welch QUOTES

1 " 1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us.
2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us.
3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as “bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

2 " God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings. "

― Edward T. Welch , Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest

3 " The idea of sin being able to deceive us, suppressing truth so that we believe a lie, should send shivers down our spines. It is one thing to deceive other people. That is scary enough. It is even more frightening when we realize that each lie we tell leaves us more self-deceived. All practiced sin teaches us to believe lies. WE don't often consider the boomerang effect of our deception. In the end it will get us. "

― Edward T. Welch

4 " Scripture assumes that we will be afraid and anxious sometimes. What is important is where we turn, or to whom we turn when we are afraid. The God who calls you to trust in Him when you are afraid will spend a great deal of time showing you that you can trust Him. "

― Edward T. Welch

5 " When you wake up to kingdom realities, you find that you are tracing the steps of both the Israelites and Jesus himself into the wilderness. . . . The wilderness is the place where God meets his people, Satan attacks, and kingdom allegiances are revealed. [Ed Welch, Running Scared, 118] "

― Edward T. Welch

6 " The contrast between earthly and spiritual is not a contrast between the tangible and the intangible; it is between the transitory and the eternal. Earthly is temporary, spiritual is everlasting. [Ed Welch, Running Scared, 127] "

― Edward T. Welch

7 " Psychiatric diagnoses are considered to be technical and bounded; you are either in or out. In contrast, a biblical perspective puts many interpersonal differences on a continuum: people may have more or less of something. This is relevant to sins, spiritual gifts, weaknesses, and character qualities. "

― Edward T. Welch

8 " Speaker calls the Christian counselor to look at each person as soul embodied with unique challenges that move us. This is not, he says, the first step before we get on to important business but vital in and of itself. "

― Edward T. Welch

9 " Worry’s magnetic attraction can only be broken by a stronger attraction, and David is saying [in Psalm 27] we can only find that attraction in God Himself. "

― Edward T. Welch , Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest

10 " Are you worried? Jesus says there is nothing to worry about. It isn’t our kingdom, it’s God’s. We take our cue from the King, and the King is not fretting over anything. He is in complete control. "

― Edward T. Welch , Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest

11 " Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

12 " The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong. "

― Edward T. Welch , Blame It on the Brain?: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience

13 " Fear” in the biblical sense…includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, or needing people. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

14 " We are more concerned about looking stupid (a fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (a fear of God). "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

15 " Sanctification is like a clumsy, slow walk rather than a light switch that we turn from off to on. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

16 " Notice how those who have medicated away their hardships with illegal drugs, alcohol, or sex can seem immature. They may look forty-five, but they have the character of an adolescent. Find a person who has weathered storms rather than avoided them and you will find someone who is wise. "

― Edward T. Welch , Depression: A Stubborn Darkness–Light for the Path

17 " It is possible that our present-day discussion about needs might be framed more by secular psychological theories than by Scripture. If this is so, we should be careful about saying, "Jesus meets all our needs." At first, this has a plausible biblical ring to it. Christ _is_a friend; God _is_ a loving Father; Christians _do_ experience a sense of meaningfulness and confidence in knowing God's love. It makes Christ the answer to our problems. Yet if our use of the term "needs" is ambiguous, and its range of meaning extends all the way to selfish desires, then there will be some situations where we should say that Jesus does not intend to meet our needs, but that he intends to change our needs. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

18 " God's love is a costly love. It never takes the easy path away from relationships. Instead, it plots how to move towards other people. It thinks creatively of ways to surprise them with love. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

19 " When God and spirituality are reduced to our standards or our feelings, God will never be to us the awesome Holy One of Israel. With God reduced in our eyes, a fear of people will thrive. "

― Edward T. Welch , When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

20 " You don’t really know who you are until you have gone through suffering. We can measure our spiritual growth by the way we behave under pressure. "

― Edward T. Welch , Depression: A Stubborn Darkness–Light for the Path