Amy Layne Litzelman Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes, to overcome a hurdle before us, we don't need to search for new truth or understanding of God so much as we need to live out what we already know. — Amy Layne Litzelman

But fear isn't a quiet pet that stays in a cage in the back room. Rather, as termites undermine the internal workings of a structure until it collapses from within, fear spreads to every part of your life unless you deal with it. — Amy Layne Litzelman

We need both reverence and obedience. If we worship but do not walk in obedience and discipline, we are emotional, lacking self-control and godly character. If we obey God's commandments but are not true worshipers, we become religious and judgmental. As the Pharisees in Jesus' day, we may miss the real meaning and purpose, even God Himself. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Move from an earthly mindset that makes us bristle at the thought of submission to a joyful expectation of good, we must focus on the One who is leading. We must look at the full spectrum of His love, grace, and wisdom. — Amy Layne Litzelman

That One Who is greater than us is near - nearer than we could measure. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you and were forever changed simply by the fragrance of his love in you? Who knows but God if he will put you before kings and leaders to speak the truth, redirecting the future of nations? Who knows when that small crack in the dam of our enemy's plans will give way and God's glory will truly cover the earth as the sea? Do not become distracted or discouraged by the death around you. Death must always give way when the life of Christ enters the picture. — Amy Layne Litzelman

An empty religion will betray itself in relationships. — Amy Layne Litzelman

I'm feeling very thin and vulnerable, in a good way. — Amy Layne Litzelman

My words shouldn't be trophies to look at, but seeds to continue the cycle of Life. — Amy Layne Litzelman

You know, we can quote the written Word all day to our friends, but nothing will touch them like our own hunger and love for the Word himself. It is not dutiful love that attracts but love freely lavished from a heart familiar with the gardens of heaven. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Instead of swinging back and forth between individual points of truth, each piece we learn should build upon another to bring us closer to the full truth. — Amy Layne Litzelman

This perfect, eternal, Holy exchange
Is worship that satisfies both heaven and earth: — Amy Layne Litzelman

God created all living things to bring forth seed, not reproduce shrines. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Do you find yourself in a dry place today? Don't look back toward the land of your bondage, or even to the place where God miraculously saved you from your enemies. Those seasons are over and he is now offering you a great opportunity. He is longing to reveal his sovereignty to you by providing for you in this most hot and dry place. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Not only did Jesus purposefully enter the wilderness on a regular basis but historically, God seems to prefer meeting with man in these desert regions. — Amy Layne Litzelman

The wilderness was the testing ground - the deciding place. It was a place of God revealing himself in a whole new and deeper way. Would his people trust him completely, confident in his goodness, wisdom, and power? Those who believed God to be who he said he was moved on into the promised land; many did not. — Amy Layne Litzelman