Restoring Hearts Blog

“The more you have, the more you are occupied.  The less you have, the more free you are.” Mother Teresa Clutter is the antithesis of...

“Pain’s main function is to alert your focus to the real problem, or wound, betrayal or hurt.” Christa Black Gifford Whether we’ve been...

“The enemy knows that without surrender, we will never experience the freedom that God offers us.” Katherine J. Walden I almost ran up to...

“There was no identity crisis in the life of Jesus Christ. He knew who He was, He knew where He had come from, and why He was here. And...

“God’s Spirit continually reveals to His children what human nature is like apart from His grace.” Oswald Chambers There are times in my...

“Religion is like the vaccine that stops you from getting the real thing.” Billy Graham “Right living and right believing go hand in hand...

“The man who does not like self-examination may be pretty certain that things need examining.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon God-awareness...

“Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.” Martin Luther King Jr. Fear...

“We are healed of grief only when we express it to the full.” Chuck Swindoll Holidays are painful when there is loss. This may be...

2 “Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.” Cardinal de Retz While in college, I lamented over the stress of my classes and...

“Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.” Martin Luther King Jr. God loves me...

“Are you getting more value from Him or from your assignment?” Eric Johnson I have been on a writing adventure with God for many years....

Dear Friends, Two hundred forty years ago the Declaration of Independence was adopted, stating that the thirteen American colonies were...

“Freedom does not mean I am able to do whatever I want to do. That’s the worst kind of bondage. Freedom means I have been set free to...

“Fear is faith for the things you don’t want.” Unknown Fear plagued me as a little girl. Being shy I was too afraid to talk to the...

“A self-promise is an agreement with ourselves that binds us.” Thom Gardner I received many of my sister’s clothes growing up, because I...

“Of all the acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.” Thomas Carlyle House...

“Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we...

“To him who still remains in this world no repentance is too late. The approach to God’s mercy is open, and the access is easy to those...

“Things are out of control because you are in control. God is asking us to yield completely so He can surround us with His protection and...