Inspirational Quotes by Jill Briscoe
“Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.”
“ . . . the secret to 'doing it all' is not necessarily doing it all, but rather discovering which part of the 'all' He has given us to do and doing all of THAT.”
“Courage isn’t a feeling that you wait for. Courage is doing when you don’t have courage. Courage is doing it scared.”
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“Lord, You know me. You know my natural personality is given to fear. You know all my insecurities. You know that I have a need to be loved and to feel significant and to feel affirmed. And Father, I’m not going to ask my family to do that for me today. They may or may not, and if they do, that’s wonderful. But Father, You are my sole satisfaction, and I ask You to satisfy me this morning with Your unfailing love.”
“We may have to face God's truth about our pain--it is real, but we must be careful not to get God and life mixed up. God does not cause the pain and sorrow. He suffers with us and desires to comfort us as only he can.”
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“God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.”
“The release comes when first you realize you are indeed hopelessly inadequate, and then you realize for this you have God! You can’t; He can! You are inadequate; He isn’t. How”
“God is working on two fronts all the time. As He works to transform society, He works to transform the transformers!”
“His plan in your life means his work in your hands, and you can be sure it is work he has chosen and gifted you to do.”
― Jill Briscoe ,
“You can drink from all sorts of wells, but unless the source of your water is the Living Water Himself, you will never be satisfied.”
“No matter who you are or what kind of baggage you carry with you, no matter what you look like or feel like, no matter what you do or don’t do, God loves you just as you are right now. You don’t have to get your act together, lose ten pounds, run a marathon, write a best-selling book, or raise perfect children. You are an extraordinary woman in His sight right now.”
“I breathe in Your love, Lord, and I breathe out all negativity and unbelief.”
“Here’s how it works. God transports us to a situation. There is no such thing as happenstance in the life of a child of God. His intent is to use fallible people to give out His infallible truth to a world living in error. He wants to use weak people who love and obey Him to transform the society to which they have been transported. Then, as we tell others, our own lives are changed in the process.”
“Paul teaches us many things in his letter to Philemon. Two of them are that we should take time to develop deep friendships and that we should write letters to communicate in an in-depth manner with our friends. These are two more things we can do to make leisure productive!”
“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be; But by the grace of God I am not what I was.1”
“Psalm 62 tells us that we can pour out our heart to God. He is a refuge for us. This is a good opportunity to remove from our “cup” anything that is a false comfort.”
“The woman at the well, I believe, represents women everywhere— women who are forgiven sinners and women who are unforgiven sinners. Which describes you? The Samaritan woman was unforgiven, just like a lot of women in the world. But then she encountered Jesus. I”
“You see, life’s hard. We may get some affirmation during the course of the day, but in some workplaces people receive very little edifying. And family situations may not be particularly healthy or encouraging. But our message from God each and every day is, “Child, you are tremendously significant to Me. You are everything to Me.” Christ says, “I laid down My life. Your love to Me, child, is better than My life.” Do you understand what He’s saying? Loving you was better than sparing Christ’s life. And He wants to tell you these things before anybody else begins to tear away at you during the course of the day, before you are worn and torn by the interactions and activities of the next twenty-four hours. He”
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Jill Briscoe has an active speaking and writing ministry that has taken her to many countries. She has written more than 40 books, including study guides, devotional material, poetry, and children's books.
Jill is executive editor of Just Between Us Just Between UsJust Between Us , a magazine of encouragement for ministry wives and women in leadership. She serves on the board of World Relief and Christianity Today, Inc.
A native of Liverpool, England, Jill launched into youth evangelism after becoming a Christian at age 18. She married her husband, Stuart, in 1958, and since then they have ministered together through Telling the Truth Telling the TruthTelling the Truth media ministries at conferences and mission organizations around the world. They reside in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Stuart completed 30 years of ministry as senior pastor of Elmbrook Church. Both Stuart and Jill now serve Elmbrook as ministers-at-large. They have 3 children, David, Judy, and Peter, and enjoy the blessing of 13 grandchildren.
Jill and Stuart call suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin their home. When they are not traveling, they spend time with their three children, David, Judy and Peter, and thirteen grandchildren.