“God has called us to something vastly bigger than our happiness or that of our children.” — Gloria Furman Bigger Copy Share Image
“The greatest obstruction to our joy in God is not a lack of time.” — Gloria Furman Joy Copy Share Image
“When your eyes are fixed on the horizon of eternity, it affects your vision for motherhood.” — Gloria Furman Christ Copy Share Image
“I need God’s grace and something baked with peanut butter and chocolate.” — Gloria Furman Baked Copy Share Image
“Making disciples is the priority of missional motherhood.” — Gloria Furman Motherhood Copy Share Image
“Theology is for homemakers who need to know who God is, who they are, and what this mundane life is all about.” — Gloria Furman God Copy Share Image
“If we want to give grace to our children, then first we must be willing to receive it ourselves from God.” — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“When the mundane looms larger than eternal life, we forget who God is, who we are, and who our children are.” — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“Discernment is critical for our spiritual health, and it’s not about having a “critical” spirit. Spiritual discernment is a gift to the… — Gloria Furman Discernment Copy Share Image
“it is contrary to our natural logic that God would choose to use the foolish and the weak to show himself to… — Gloria Furman Foolish Copy Share Image
“Through the grace shown to us in the gospel, there is something distinctly Christlike about a mother's love for her child.” — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“Because of the gospel -- the news about what Jesus did on the cross to save sinners -- mothers who make Christ… — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“The gospel keeps me relating to God on the basis of Jesus’s perfections, not on the illusions of my religious achievements.” — Gloria Furman Christianity Copy Share Image
“All around the world, God is giving and sustaining life to the praise of his grace. His mercy is new every morning,… — Gloria Furman Around the world Copy Share Image
“God's irresistible grace binds our wandering hearts to himself and frees us to love him back and overflow in love to our… — Gloria Furman God 's grace Copy Share Image
“What would our hospitality look like if we believed that Jesus’s death on the cross was the measure of God’s compassion for… — Gloria Furman Compassion Copy Share Image
“Murder is an attempt to blot out the image of God here on earth. Unrighteous anger against someone made in the image… — Gloria Furman Holiness of god Copy Share Image
“For many of us homemakers our greatest fear is in being found incompetent, insufficient, and ineffective. We prefer to look like we've… — Gloria Furman Fear Copy Share Image
“We are free from saving ourselves or pretending we are strong. We are free from mothering our children in certain ways in… — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“When we acknowledge our inability to mother our children apart from the Lord’s provision and strength, we honor God. Of course we… — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“It’s then that Jesus gives us more of himself, proving over and over that he is enough, that he is good, that… — Gloria Furman Better Copy Share Image
“Prayer is the privilege of missional motherhood. Pray for the global church, the church in your country, and the church in your… — Gloria Furman Motherhood Copy Share Image
“our home is not our refuge; God is our refuge. We nurture life in the face of death and leverage our homes… — Gloria Furman Business Copy Share Image
“The motherhood to which every Christian woman is called is making disciples of all nations. We all must labor, prayerfully expectant that… — Gloria Furman Christianity Copy Share Image
“Always respond to every impulse to pray. . . . Where does it come from? It is the work of the Holy Spirit (Phil. 2:12–13).… — Gloria Furman Holy spirit Copy Share Image
“But if your neediness is simply because you are a human being (i.e., not omniscient, not omnipresent, not omnipotent, not God), then… — Gloria Furman Copy Share Image
“No mother’s nightmarish valley is so dark that Jesus cannot bear her burdens the whole way through.” — Gloria Furman Light Copy Share Image
“So how do we know if we've assumed the gospel? Mack Stiles days so aptly that the way to know if we've… — Gloria Furman Christianity Copy Share Image
“Only the redeeming, all-powerful, transforming grace of God can raise our sin-besotted heart from the dead, give us eternal life, and set… — Gloria Furman Eternal life Copy Share Image
“Mothering or nurturing is not just a calling for women who have biological or adopted children. Mothering is a calling for all… — Gloria Furman Children Copy Share Image
“The great problem a mother has is not a lack of creativity, accomplishment, or skill, but her inability to love God and… — Gloria Furman Ability to love Copy Share Image
“The highest aim of womanhood is not motherhood; the highest aim of womanhood is being conformed to the image of Christ.” — Gloria Furman Motherhood Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit will not allow you to live satisfied on the rubbish heap; he will nurture a longing for the City… — Gloria Furman City of god Copy Share Image
“cliché encouragements about life are like cheap diapers. Only the gospel can persevere your faith through a spiritual blowout.” — Gloria Furman Christianity Copy Share Image
“What a miracle that God would take sinners such as ourselves and give us new hearts with a disposition to love him… — Gloria Furman God Copy Share Image
“For some people the remark, “You’re just like your mother [or father],” is enough to pick a fight. For a Christian, the… — Gloria Furman Christian Copy Share Image