Jennifer Dukes Lee Quotes

The art of happy-making begins when we find our happiness within instead of without.

Sometimes, the only way out of a storm … is to go through it.

You may need to let go of that deluded belief that if you worry about something enough, it will resolve itself.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. BRENNAN MANNING

A scarcity mindset believes there will never be enough. A Growing Slow mindset trusts there will be more.

I am learning to set aside expectations, but I will not let go of hope.

In a world where you can choose to be anything, choose to be KIND.

Some people talk about “finding God,” but that seemed like a severely inaccurate description of what I was experiencing. It felt more like God was finding me. He wasn’t the lost one — I was. I

Until you are convinced of God's incredible love for you, you will continue looking for replacement love everywhere but in the heart of Christ.

Some time ago, I committed a quote by Amy Carmichael to memory: “If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love . . . then I know nothing of Calvary love.”1

Why do we live in this cycle of validation, swept up by the empty promises of the Love Idol, only to sink down when someone rejects us? We make frenetic jumps from island to island between tidal waves of insecurity. Beth Moore says culture has “thrown us under the bus. We have a fissure down the spine of our souls.”[22] We want to keep up appearances. We want to avoid criticism. We treat our lives like a stat sheet, trying to keep score the world’s way.

I have decided. I want to be about the cause of Jesus. I want to follow Christ, not the crowd.

In God, happiness and purposeful work are a package deal.

Until you are convinced of God’s incredible love for you, you will continue looking for replacement love everywhere but in the heart of Christ.

When believers come to know God's love heart-deep, we are compelled to live into that love life-deep. To be preapproved means this: We love from our approval, not for our approval. We love without expecting anything in return.