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The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence QUOTES

The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence QUOTES

1 " We always have reason to rejoice and never have reason to complain. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

2 " This book is not the memoir of a contented man. It's not the poignant reflections of a white-haired guru who has finally figured out the secret to contentment. It's more like sweaty, bloody, hastily scribbled notes from a battlefield. I'm still struggling to escape the sinister fingers on this conspiracy. I'm still waging war against the discontentment that rages in my life. I can see contentment in the distance, like a hazy oasis, but I have to pick my way through a minefield to get there. I'm not the contented man God wants me to be, but I'm fighting to get there. I'm writing this book the hope that you'll join me in the fight. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

3 " Our hearts are raging idol factories. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

4 " We need God to give us a holy obsession with bringing him glory and increasing his reputation. I can't manufacture love for God on my own. I love my life too much. I count my life as too precious. I need God to help me love his honor above everything else. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

5 " Does God love me? Yes, absolutely. But he doesn't exist for me. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

6 " Our goal isn't contentment in and of itself. We're not after a mystical state of Zen. Our goal is to be content for the glory and honor of God. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

7 " God didn't save his son one stroke of misery. He won't withhold any good thing from you. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

8 " God doesn't promise you health, wealth and an attractive spouse... but he does promise to satisfy you and there's a massive difference. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

9 " Given the right set of circumstances, people could be happy everywhere and all the time. And these people actually do exist. In beer commercials. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

10 " If the fig tree didn’t blossom and there was no fruit on the vine, there would be no food to eat. If the olives failed, the fields were granite, the flocks were decimated, and there wasn’t a single ox in the barn, he and his family would die a slow, hungry death. But even the prospect of these bleak circumstances couldn’t break Habakkuk’s joy. Why? Because his joy wasn’t anchored in prosperity but in the God of his salvation. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

11 " The great Puritan Matthew Henry was once robbed of his wallet. After pondering the incident, he wrote the following words in his diary:   I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.   "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

12 " Discontentment begins when I start trying to be God. Discontentment happens when I attempt to displace God from his rightful place at the center of the universe. When I think that everything should run according to my plans instead of God’s plans. When I forget that God is God and that he is allowed to do with me whatever he wants, whatever will bring him glory. Discontentment results from a big view of myself and a very little view of God. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

13 " To those of you who are battling illness, “Courage.” To those of you who are in the gloom of depression, “Courage.” To those of you who are wondering if you’ll make it though another day, “Courage.” To those of you who sob yourself to sleep at night, “Courage.” To those of you who are suffering, the Lord would say, “Courage, dear heart. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

14 " The counsel and care of others, while helpful and necessary, is not the ultimate solution. Jesus is the one who gives strength and contentment in the midst of suffering. Cling tightly to Jesus, who already has you in his invincible grip. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

15 "   If we don’t have something we desire, it’s not because God is withholding good from us. God didn’t spare his Son one stroke of misery. He won’t withhold any good thing from us. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

16 " Worship isn’t limited to singing praise choruses on Sunday morning. Worship is loving God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength all the time. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

17 " Marriage is a wonderful gift from God. Friendships and children are sweet enjoyments from our Father. But if we stake our hope on them, we’ll find that we’ve been chasing shadows. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

18 " Discontentment happens when I don’t have what I want. Contentment happens when I realize that I have so much more than I deserve. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

19 " Each of us is tempted to place ourselves at the center of our world. "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence

20 " Whate’er my God ordains is right: Here shall my stand be taken; Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, Yet I am not forsaken. My Father’s care is around me there; He holds me that I shall not fall, And so to Him I leave it all.6 "

― Stephen Altrogge , The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence