Anne Graham Lotz Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I want to take my focus off myself and focus on God. It's like setting your spiritual compass so no matter which way you turn during the day, whatever comes up, then my thoughts go back to Him and whatever He said that morning.”

“The blessing of my mother is that she is so interested, she is so bright, she never complains - the joy of the Lord just bubbles out of her. Anybody who's in her presence is blessed to be there.”

“One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay.”

“I get up earlier than my husband and I intentionally spend time in prayer and Bible reading just to focus myself for the day, because the days get crazy.”

“Death is a door. When we close our eyes in this life, we will open our eyes to Jesus.”

“I think of religion as man's attempt to reach God, and you can't do that.”

“If I can center down and strengthen the core of who I am, and the core of who I am is my relationship with God, then that helps me maintain peace deep down. If I can maintain a healthy spiritual core, I think that's enormous for helping the stress.”

“You can work all your life and make all the waters in all the rivers on Earth drinkable, but if, when you die, you are not ready to meet God, it doesn't matter.”

“Some people who suffer run away from God, and I know the tendency, but instead I just run to Him.”

“Sometimes when you're suffering really intensely, you can't pray for yourself.”