Unqualified Steven Furtick Quotes

Maybe God wants to do something beyond your abilities, and he is far less intimidated by your failures and limits than you are.

God knows everything about you—including the ugly parts, the broken parts, and the dysfunctional parts—yet he still believes in you. He still has a future and a hope for you.

I had learned over time that the gospel isn’t about what God wants from us but what he wants for us.

When you discover who God is, you discover who you are. And when you discover who you are, you no longer have to struggle with the insecurity and self-promotion that define much of society. You no longer have to strain to measure up, to qualify. You are free to be yourself.

Our lives can be a bit like that. We can spend so much time and energy trying to be like other people that we never let the world hear the real us. What’s worse, we never hear the real us. What

Jesus saw the best in people at their worst. He met them in their messes, in their realities, in their most desperate moments. He loved them and believed in them when there was nothing lovable or admirable about them. You

If you think you have to swap unworthy for worthy, you will bang your forehead against a self-created wall for the rest of your life, and you’ll never get any closer to your goal. But once you realize that God’s acceptance overrules your unworthiness, you can instantly find peace.

We constantly analyze and summarize each other. We compare people to our standards—spoken or unspoken—to see how they measure up. Then we accept them or reject them; we praise them or criticize them; we revere them or ridicule them. We all secretly administer exams in the university of our own opinions.

True freedom in Christ comes when you realize you have nothing to prove to anyone, because in Christ, God fully approves of you.

If you’ve ever been frustrated by your failures or exasperated by your weaknesses, this book is for you. But

At some point we all have to get over our pride and own our deficiencies and dependencies.

Perfectionism is the enemy of progress. The

You can spend your life clutching and clawing and fighting, but what you really need is for God to grab you. For grace to grasp you.

Remember, God’s name is I AM. So anytime we take his name and fill in the third word with things that are contradictory to what God says about us, we are taking his name in vain. When

When you have that affirmation from someone who knows you completely and loves you anyway, the world doesn’t have a medal big enough or shiny enough to tempt you. The spirit of comparison and competition is broken, because you know you have a higher calling.

Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change. What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change, is the experience of love. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change.4

Admitting our weaknesses is not doubt, fear, or lack of faith. Actually, it is one of the clearest signs that we have faith. It means that our confidence is placed in God, not ourselves. It means we are secure enough in who he is to admit who we are not.

God knows us intricately and intimately. He sees our past, present, and future. Every moment of every day of our lives is laid out before him. He is more aware of our complexity than anyone, including ourselves. He designed us, he delights in us, and he understands us.