Arterburn Stephen Quotes & Sayings

Refusing to acknowledge and embrace your sinful past is choosing your love for yourself over your love of God. — Stephen Arterburn

That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good instrument to keep the spirit very strong because you feel like you are yourself singing opera, and I used to hear a lot of opera, they send me tapes. — Mordechai Vanunu

The only way to love and give is to do both out of the fullness of God. — Stephen Arterburn

But we must remember that, in a way, claiming all or too much responsibility is just another form of ego gratification. — Stephen Arterburn

People make me feel like I have a problem because I haven't had a kid yet. — Khloe Kardashian

An old hen is worth 40 chickens. ~ Hebe Jones — Julia Stuart

17Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. — Stephen Arterburn

In a toxic system, the toxic minister sets himself or herself up as having a special destiny or mission that can be performed by no one else. This special anointing or calling is often nothing more than the pathological need to be valued or esteemed. It also takes some of the power that should be attributed to God and gives it to the toxic minister. It is a way to usurp God's authority, and it is a way to discredit anyone who disagrees with the direction of the ministry. — Stephen Arterburn

We may be afraid to admit that we are powerless and that our life is unmanageable. If we admit that we are powerless, won't we be tempted to give up completely in the struggle against our addiction? It doesn't seem to make sense that we can admit powerlessness and still find the power to go on. This paradox will be dealt with as we go on to Steps Two and Three. Life is full of paradoxes. The apostle Paul tells us, "This precious treasure - this light and power that now shines within us - is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken" (2 Corinthians 4:7-8). — Stephen Arterburn

Regret-free living isn't found by continuing to do flawed things, then simply "working through" the regret they cause and moving on. — Stephen Arterburn

For we seldom admire the wit, when we dislike the man. — Jeremiah Seed

I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Are we going to Portland?" I asked. "Or Multnomah Falls?"
He smiled at me. "Go to sleep."
I waited three seconds. "Are we there yet?"
His smile widened, and the last of the usual tension melted from his face. For a smile like that, I'd ... do anything. — Patricia Briggs

There isn't a person in this world who within a minute of your being with them, won't do or say something for which you can genuinely love them. The way they smile, they way they're polite to a waiter or an attendant, the way they keep everything so clean and neat - or the way they don't. Just the regular, everyday stuff about the way people live can be profoundly endearing. All you have to do is watch for it. Noting the unique, careful way they have of taking care of and going about their business is one of the best things about hanging out with people. — Stephen Arterburn

When we have an out-of-control appetite for food, it signals that we have put that appetite above its rightful place as a necessary and God-given function. — Stephen Arterburn

An enemy can cause you plenty of pain, but no one can hurt you like a friend who has become your enemy. — Stephen Arterburn

Before you can stand up straight before another person, you have to fall on your knees before God. — Stephen Arterburn

When a man practices biblical openness with other men, he moves from secrecy to candor, from isolation to connection, and from pretense to authenticity. — Stephen Arterburn

And admitting that you can't fix yourself - that only God can - is the first step to staying fixed. — Stephen Arterburn

we all tend to criticize in others what we are most insecure about in ourselves. — Stephen Arterburn

Knowing God yields wonderful results, under the guidance and control of the Holy Spirit. — Stephen Arterburn