Debra Fileta Quotes & Sayings

Your longing for an intimate relationship with another person is something you were created to feel. It doesn't mean that you are unholy or that you haven't let Jesus fill your heart the way he should. It means you're human, created in the image of God, a God who loves, who connects, and who longs for relationship himself.
Jesus can never be your boyfriend or girlfriend because we was never intended to be. A significant part of your heart was designed specifically for just him, but there is a part of your heart that was designed specifically for others. — Debra Fileta

It is an unrelenting, passionate, fierce, and growing love that loves for the sake of loving; it loves to love, rather than loves to be loved. It wants nothing from the other but the opportunity to love them better. A — Debra Fileta

Loving yourself requires that you know, value, and respect the person you are while moving toward the person God has made you to be. — Debra Fileta

offer you what is needed for true value and self-worth. True security comes only within the framework of your relationship with God. Relationships — Debra Fileta

Your level of emotional health and self-esteem will always attract others who are in the same category. — Debra Fileta

Finding true love may be a beautiful portion of your story, but it was never intended to be the grand finale. — Debra Fileta

What if our loneliness is the result not simply of needing a partner but of needing people? We are made in the image of a relational God; it makes sense that we possess the desire to be together. — Debra Fileta

The result of immersing yourself in God's love is that it requires you to trust - trust in a God who loves you enough to meet all of your needs, trust in a God who knows what is best for your life, trust in the one who promises that his will is good, pleasing, and perfect (Rom. 12:2), trust in a God whose love is matchless. — Debra Fileta

When you choose to look inward, you are choosing to go where no man has gone before, because only you have access to this terrain. It is a journey that brings with it new discoveries each and every day. — Debra Fileta

Healthy people will marry healthy people because you will always end up with the person whom you believe you deserve. — Debra Fileta

Understanding can lead to liberation. Knowledge can bring freedom from the past. For those who don't take the time to understand their past and are blind to how it has shaped them, the road to true love can be difficult. — Debra Fileta

Dating with no regrets means keeping your focus on Jesus, so that no matter what happens in your relationships with others, your relationship with God remains intact. — Debra Fileta

No one has the power to deal with our inadequacies and insecurities but ourselves. No — Debra Fileta

Our spiritual journey is about the transformational work of Jesus Christ in our lives. The more time we spend in God's presence, the more we are transformed into the image of his Son. And the more we reflect Jesus' character in our lives, the more magnetic we become to one another. We are drawn together by a love that is beyond our limited capacity, the limitless love of God that pours into us and overflows into the life of the other. THE — Debra Fileta

Finding true love starts with taking inventory of our strengths and weaknesses, quirks and traits, hopes and dreams, and getting to know the person behind the mask. — Debra Fileta

Because I had no awareness of who I was or what I needed, I found myself settling for a mediocre relationship rather than holding out for what was best. — Debra Fileta

When we see marriage as our sole purpose, we find ourselves with nowhere to go when we finally arrive. — Debra Fileta

the success of a relationship is determined not by a lack of conflict but by how well a couple works through conflict. — Debra Fileta

Understanding where you come from means taking a good hard look at your past and giving yourself the freedom to learn from it. — Debra Fileta

I recently heard a talk about identity in which the speaker said it's almost as though we are born into a world in which we are constantly being labeled by others
our parents, our friends, our family, and people we don't even know. Each person, from the outside looking in, comes up with a label to slap onto us without our permission. Some labels are kind and some are truthful, but many of them are lies. And sometimes we leave the negative labels on so long that we believe what they say; we allow those labels to define us. — Debra Fileta

Healthy relationships are founded on who the relationship partner actually is, not on who they could become. The — Debra Fileta

Fix your eyes on Jesus and the plans he has for your life. Look ahead, and run after him with all your heart. Then look around. Whoever has kept up with you, marry that person. — Debra Fileta

It was when I finally captured God's vision for my life that I was able to recognize the kind of people who fit into my story. All — Debra Fileta

Commit to the moment, allowing your relationship to mature before permitting your conversation to jump ahead, because wherever your conversation goes, your heart will always follow. — Debra Fileta

God is after the bigger picture of your life. He is writing your story. I'm about to say something that may seem antithetical to this book, but need you to hear this: your story has far more to do with finding God's unique calling and purpose for your life than it does with finding the love of your life. — Debra Fileta

You will never feel whole in the presence of your mate if you don't feel whole standing alone. — Debra Fileta

It's easier to show aggression than it is to feel insecure. It's easier to push people away and to live alone than to be emotionally exposed and vulnerable. — Debra Fileta

Vision will not guarantee success, but it will point you in the right direction and keep you from wandering into the kinds of relationships that you never intended to have. SUSAN — Debra Fileta

Guarding your heart means protecting deepest parts of who you are - both your emotional and spiritual worlds - from anyone who could cause them harm. — Debra Fileta

your story has far more to do with finding God's unique calling and purpose for your life than it does with finding the love of your life. Did — Debra Fileta