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The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress QUOTES

1 " Many say, ‘Show me God and I will trust you.’ But it works the other way. When you trust, God will show you. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

2 " So be confident that victory is yours and yet walk humbly each day, relying on God to receive this victory. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

3 " earlier in the story we learn that God made human beings in his own likeness and image. This means they didn't eat the fruit because they wanted to be like God because they already were like God. They ate the fruit because the serpent convinced them that they weren't like God and they believed this lie. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

4 " God made human beings in his own likeness and image. This means they didn't eat the fruit because they wanted to be like God because they already were like God. They ate the fruit because the serpent convinced them that they weren't like God and they believed this lie. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

5 " God is great and so he planted seeds of greatness in you. God is good so there is goodness in you. God is love so there is love within you. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

6 " To answer your question of why Adam and Eve were given a choice in the first place, they had to be given a choice. God had to create space for them to choose Him. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

7 " Evil is the absence of God. This means that in the space between Man and God, evil exists. And this space is necessary because God had to give us a choice. He had to give us space to choose to love and obey Him. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

8 " Distractions are the enemy of greatness. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

9 " God made you to be great so He wants you to pursue greatness. But this pursuit must include trust and faith in Him. Your desire for God must be greater than your desire for success. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

10 " Evil's ultimate goal is to divide us and separate us from God,” he said. He distracts, discourages, distorts, and creates doubt so that we will be divided from God, divided from each other and from ourselves. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

11 " There is great freedom in knowing you are not the source of your negative thoughts,” Mr. Erwin said passionately as he raised his voice. “You don't have to blame yourself anymore. You can recognize the lies, choose not to believe them, and know the positive truth. You are loved. You have value. You are worthy. You are a child of God. You are loved by God. There is a plan for your life. You have greatness inside of you and in every moment, you have the capability to do great things. The best is yet to come if you choose to believe it. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

12 " Truth is what God says about you,” answered Mr. Erwin. “Truth is who you truly are. As I told you the other day, you are a child of God. That's truth. You are loved by God. That's truth. You were born with greatness inside of you, to do great things. That's truth. The power within you is more powerful than the circumstances around you. That's truth. "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

13 " Jesus said Fear not over 300 times because He knew our focus needed to be on God's love, not our fear. God's perfect love casts out fear. So "

― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress