Sarah Jakes Roberts Quotes

Despite the many tears that threatened to dilute it, your faith did not dissolve. Your heart is still pumping. Your pulse is a sign that this world needs you.

If you can’t handle my no, it’s because you’re too comfortable abusing my yes.

She caved into the pressure to be like everyone else and robbed the world of the wealth assigned to her truth.

Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself

There’s nothing wrong with not having figured out who you are, but so much can go wrong when you pretend that you have.

God wants your anger, suspicion, depression, aggression, frustration, bitterness, laziness, procrastination... Chiiillleee, God wants your truth, whatever it may be!

the greatest character pursuit one can embark on is maintaining a teachable heart that strives for humility, grace, and understanding.

Instant gratification often results in long-term disappointment. The many broken promises I have made to myself have created wounds I am still discovering. Growth occurs when we confront our personal experiences and how they’ve changed us.

If you’ve chosen to maintain an unhealthy mind-set out of fear of starting over, you will never be able to realize the full potential of your life.

We must learn to practice integrity with ourselves before we can reasonably expect to receive it from anyone else.

. Her sin was that she allowed the serpent to have access to her mind. Guarding your heart does not mean that bad things won’t happen to you. It means that you won’t allow those bad things to take root and produce fruit in your mind. Weeds of fear and insecurity leave only room for internal negativity and hopelessness.

Contrary to popular belief we do not just stumble into our decisions. Every emotion is connected to a thought and those thoughts produce action.

She is empowered to continuously evolve because she’s fascinated by how God will reveal His perfect plan and strength through her heart and hands.

If your thoughts aren’t helping you become wiser, more compassionate, focused, and disciplined, then what is it making you become?

The truth is that no matter how easy people may make it seem, it can be incredibly challenging to abandon toxic habits and instead choose to do what we know is right.

Imagine where your Light will take you when you begin to trust God and not the negative opinions or thoughts that live in your heart.

Pain touches every life, but if you’re open, it will also teach you a valuable life lesson.

Remember this: you are strong enough to confront your history. Don’t turn away from your brokenness. Remember that you’re not doing this alone. God foreknew this moment would come. Every now and then we need a reminder that someone else has defeated a giant we must face. Allow this book to be that reminder. Instead of counting the reasons you have to be afraid, give yourself permission to be brave. You’ve already survived the trauma, but you can’t transform your pain into purpose until you’re willing to pick it up again. Roll up your sleeves, wipe your tears, and b

Stress is a sign that it’s time to reassess how you’re structured.

Your power is not going to come from an opportunity, position, or person.

Your actions are a direct reflection of what’s taking place in your mind.

The most dangerous weapon on the earth is a woman who recognizes that she has been anointed to unleash hostility to her adversary.

Deflecting from the way that you harm someone and highlighting the way that they harm instead is a sign of immaturity that keeps you from truly being powerful.

Where you start may not be where you land, but until you learn to make space for your truth, you cannot tap into the fullness of God’s goodness concerning your life, nor can you reasonably expect anyone else to do the same.

It’s not just low self-esteem. It’s not just a little anxiety or depression. It’s not just bitterness. It’s a threat to who you are called to be on this earth. When you do not become better, the world cannot become better either.

If God took His time to make me with care and respect, and I turn over what God made to someone who doesn’t see the care and respect God placed in creating me, then it’s my responsibility to remove myself from the situation. I only allow relationships and opportunities in my life that are a reflection of the word I’m using to build my life.

consider trying to forgive him yet again. He did his part, so I returned to our home in Virginia that summer of 2010. I wasn’t hopeful, but I didn’t have the strength to end our marriage—or to save it. We attended counseling together for a while, but the conversations reached dead ends. Nonetheless, Robert attempted to rebuild our connection. He wasn’t staying out all night. He helped with the kids and seemed committed to fixing the broken bond between us. Before we knew it, training camp was starting again and he would once again be competing for a spot on the roster. The coaching staff had experienced some changes,

There’s nothing wrong with being wrong. Having the ability to acknowledge and fix your wrong builds trust. It’s much easier for us to think of ourselves as the victim than it is for us to consider that we’ve been a villain. Think about all the people who have done something wrong to you. Now consider how much peace you would have if they sincerely realized the impact of their decisions, apologized, and attempted to fix it. There are some people you could never imagine coming back to do that. I’m sorry they hurt you. I wish they realized the impact their decisions had on your heart and soul. The greatest gift you can give your future is not to let that spirit of ignoring the pain you’ve caused live on through you.

God, You know exactly why I feel the way I do. You know the insecurities that played a role in the situation and the strength that will come as a result of it. I pray that You would help me to see __________ the way that You do. I know that at some point they’ve been hurt and victimized, as we all have. I ask that You would begin to heal their heart and hurt. Open their eyes to the power they have to overcome the things that caused them harm. Help me to release them from the pain they caused me. Let us all move on and grow from this moment. May the hard-earned lesson of this time be a wealth of wisdom for someone else who is struggling with the same thing that we’re currently facing. Bless ________’s heart on this journey that it may be healed and restored. In Jesus’ name.

You’re the key that opens every door assigned to you.

Just because you’ve survived something doesn’t mean you didn’t experience damage.

Letting go is trusting that we can carry the lessons from our past in our hearts without constantly replaying the pain in our heads.

the gift of growing requires letting go.

What’s an area of your life where you continue to repeat a cycle that ends with you feeling less valuable? That, my dear, is your forbidden fruit.

When you commit to growth after trauma, there is resurrecting power that demands your hope, potential, and faith to rise up. An even better version of you is waiting to emerge!

Any relationship that requires you to be stagnant will frustrate you because the connection feels like restriction at a time when pursuing freedom has become your passion.

A person who seeks to move with power is only able to do so when they discern when the power they’ve been granted transformed from a tool into a weapon and wounded an undeserving soul. There’s nothing more powerful than being able to take accountability for where you’ve messed up so that you can grow. If you can’t admit where you failed, you cannot reflect God’s character on Earth. Power without accountability will always turn to abuse. I believe that this is why Jesus was intentional about taking time away from His close circle to have solitude with God.

When expediency becomes more important than accurately living according to our values, there will be damage.

Most people are trying to determine what type of person you are. Once they’ve identified the type of person you are—shy, fashionable, athletic, smart, fun loving, clumsy, funny, forgetful, moody—they build walls around you and expect you to stay in the category that they understand.

The foundation of my faith is connected to my profound belief that following the life of Jesus is the only way to experience the fullness of God’s plan for the earth and for you.

Life is a messy job. You get to decide whether you allow that mess to help you or bury you.

When we do the work of embracing where we are, we create space for God's love to meet us in our most raw form and then polish us to shine like never before. Power does not lie in success, achievement, or performance. Power rests in humility, honesty, and the commitment to continuous growth.

you understand how your thoughts control your actions so you can determine which thoughts are worthy of taking up real estate in your mind.

Your growth is the only proof you need to give your enemies. When you step into your identity, some things can no longer have power over you.

There are many things I’d like to have in excess, but if I had to choose between overflow and abundance, my choice would be abundance. Abundance is not necessarily having more than you need. Abundance is knowing you’ll never be in need…

As my friend and bestselling author Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts likes to say, “Are these table scraps what you’re willing to accept, or are you looking for a five star meal?