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61 " Just that morning I’d been praying and asking God to show Himself to me. I asked the God of the universe to intersect my life with His revelation, then got up from my prayers and forgot to look. Forgot to seek Him. Forgot to keep my heart in tune with His voice and His invitation. "
― Lysa TerKeurst , The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands
62 " Instead of waiting for the time to get started to simply appear one day, we need to be intentional with scheduling it. "
63 " By how much He wants us to pay attention to His instruction so He can reveal His direction. Don’t miss this. Unbroken companionship helps us hear His instruction so then we can see His direction. "
64 " The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines how you spend your soul. "
65 " But not making a decision is actually a decision. It’s the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it. "
66 " a pattern of wise choices in the ordinary paves the road to a demonstration of wisdom in the extraordinary. "
67 " If the person you are trying so hard not to disappoint will be displeased by a no, they'll eventually be disappointed even if you say yes. "
68 " Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it’ ” (30:21)? "
69 " No matter what wrong thing has happened, there is a right next thing to do. "
70 " What’s a decision you are in the midst of making? Chase it down. If you do this, where will it most likely lead? And then what? And then? Keep going until you walk it all the way out. "
71 " When all of life feels like an urgent rush from one demand to another, we become forgetful. We forget simple things like where we put our car keys or that one crucial ingredient for dinner when we run into the grocery store. But even more disturbing, we forget God. We say with our mouths that we are trusting and relying on God, but are we really? "
72 " Let me pull you close and whisper a heart-stopping truth. That daily stuff—those responsibilities that seem more like distractions—those things we want to rush and just get through to get on with the better and bigger assignments of life—those things that are unnoticed places of service? They are the very experiences from which we unlock the riches of wisdom. We’ve got to practice wisdom in the everyday places of our lives. "
73 " know who you want to be and take the next step that points you in the direction of that character quality. "
74 " prudent man or woman understands that all of life is connected. He is aware of the cause-and-effect relationship between what he chooses today and what he experiences tomorrow . . "
75 " I was so caught up in the rush of superficial things in my world that I missed hearing the cries for help in someone else’s world. God had been prompting me to listen, really listen, to my husband, to stop and focus and give him just a few minutes. But I refused. I rushed past. And I acted like I was perfectly justified in doing so. "
76 " A Best Yes is a wise yes. The Bible reminds us, “Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life” (Prov. 19:20 NLT). "
77 " A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. An underwhelmed soul is one who knows there is more God made her to do. She longs to do that thing she wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about. Each January she writes on her resolutions list to get started on that thing this year. "
78 " Some church-raised young adults experience similar self-doubt when it comes to making spiritual judgments. Instead of equipping them to make thoughtful, prayerful decisions and then to trust God for the outcome, the church has instilled a debilitating fear of sin or “stepping out of God’s will.” How can we expect the next generation to move forward with confidence into God’s future when they are scared of making a misstep?1 "
79 " A good approach to something requires enough resources to handle the demands of that activity. "
80 " And if I spend resources I don’t have, I will eventually bankrupt myself. "