Jennifer Dukes Lee Quotes

Scholars seem to agree that Jesus drove a Honda, but he didn’t talk about it publicly. “For I did not speak of my own Accord” (John 12:49, NIV). So there you have it: a Honda. I don’t know exactly who first made this startling discovery, but I learned about it on the Internet, so it must be true.

Ambition is your own yoke, not His! And the lust of wealth, the desire for power, the craving for human love — all that is a yoke of your own making — and if you will wear it, it will gall you. There is more joy in being unknown than in being known and there is less care in having no wealth than in having much of it. We often go the wrong way to work in seeking true restfulness and happiness.

Down through the centuries, the Savior has repeatedly lifted the fallen from the holes they've dug for themselves one shovel scoop at a time. After His grand rescue, the Redeemer does not always seal that hole shut behind us. He does not force us into relationship or bully us into repentance. Instead, He leaves us with a choice: follow Me or fall again.

God is with you in the spectacular, and he’s with you in the regular. There is dignity in both places.

He isn’t growing us into superstars; he’s growing us into servants. Growing Slow is a school of patience in which we are nurtured into spiritual maturity. Growing Slow is a daily choice to see where God is already working and then the conscious decision to join him there. Sometimes it’s heavy and it’s hard and the rain won’t let up for a second. But instead of running from the rain, you need to step right out in it, letting it wash your eyes so you aren’t blind to the beauty that’s still here. And it is. It’s still here.

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

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

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

"Christ continually shouts through the universe, "You have a love that is already yours. You have nothing to prove to anyone. You have nothing to prove to Me. You are significant and preapproved and utterly cherished. Not because you are 'good,' but because you are Mine.

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.

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

Jesus' fathomless love changes how you and I will live in our moments, how we'll love in our neighborhoods, and what we'll be known for in eternity.

Happiness isn’t a destination. It’s a journey. And sometimes the journey is hard.

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

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