Mr. Wrestling Quotes
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Better to be the architect of something you can endorse than the placard waving protagonist standing in the rain.
This is what heaven's gonna be like. Not just a white church or a black church, but people.
Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?
God dramatically slew one monstrous opponent and then threw us into the arena against a stronger and more vicious foe.
God had not abandoned us. He was actively working behind the scenes, when I had no means or spirit to fight.
Joseph’s trials were unjust, inexplicable and heartrending. Yet Joseph knew God, and he knew that God had a plan.
We don’t know why God chose to deliver Peter from death and James through death. The text doesn’t say.
I know the answer to improving Jess's condition doesn't lay in tears the answer is in sweat.
Quite frankly we are both tired of the race we have been asked to run.
Truth has a certain sound to it. Your spirit will hear it clearly and leap inside of you and you will feel hope
I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.
We are all tired of the stress.
Ann: What if there is no God? What if the Bible isn’t true?
Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character?
Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.
Most of the time we think we are thinking
The promises of prayer are extraordinary, but for prayer to work as God promises it to work, it must be purged of self and doubt.
No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.
Prayer puts God in the position He deserves - that of King, Governor, Benign Controller, Possessor, Lord, and Master.
Prayer is not first and foremost talking to God, it's first and foremost listening to God.
Whenever your focus is on doing what you want and making yourself feel good, you can be confident that the Spirit of God is not the one leading the way.
Make me little in mind, soft in heart, trusting in soul.
That morning set in motion a series of events that caused me to wrestle with questions of God’s goodness.
Ann prayed because of a gut-wrenching, throbbing pain in her soul. She urgently begged the Lord for her life.
DeeDee had to have a firm grasp on reality. Yet she knew God was bigger than a pathology report. So she prayed.
I have no guarantee that God will choose to heal Ann, but I know he wants me to pray to that end.
We don’t know the final outcome, or even know how long the battle will last, but we do know the referee.
Their prayers impacted the outcome of the fight.
Because Ann learned to trust God fifteen years ago, she is able to trust God now with an even more difficult situation.
Ann: You didn’t cause my miscarriages. But you are committed to transforming me to be like you.
Breaking a sweat through our difficulties minimized the likelihood of a crippling injury to our faith.