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title: "1 Mature Life Quotes By Andy Crouch"
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> [“The pursuit of a mature life, a life that can bear the weight of image bearing, is in many ways the continual accumulating of more and more secret disciplines, until we are fully formed in the image of the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/the-pursuit-of-a-mature-life-a-life-that-can-bear-the-weight-of-image/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

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## More by Andy Crouch

> [“There is perhaps no single thing that could better help us recover Jesus’ lordship in our frantic, power-hungry world than to allow him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/there-is-perhaps-no-single-thing-that-could-better-help-us-recover/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“I am also practicing cello to wean myself from power and accomplishment, to place myself back in the posture of a learner, cultivator, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/i-am-also-practicing-cello-to-wean-myself-from-power-and/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“True greatness and true power is faithful all the way down, including humbly quick to admit limitedness, sin and brokenness, and to ask for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/true-greatness-and-true-power-is-faithful-all-the-way-down-including/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“Stewardship means to consciously take up our cultural power, investing it intentionally among the seemingly powerless, putting our power at their disposal to enable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/stewardship-means-to-consciously-take-up-our-cultural-power-investing/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“The right question is whether, when we undertake the work we believe to be our vocation, we experience the joy and humility that come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/the-right-question-is-whether-when-we-undertake-the-work-we-believe/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“How many times have I been put at the front of the line without even knowing there was a line? How many times have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/how-many-times-have-i-been-put-at-the-front-of-the-line-without-even/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“Grace is not an exemption from failure. It is, however, what makes it possible to sustain hope in the midst of failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/grace-is-not-an-exemption-from-failure-it-is-however-what-makes-it/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“What was missing, I've come to believe, were the two postures that are most characteristically biblical -- the two postures that have been least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/what-was-missing-i-ve-come-to-believe-were-the-two-postures-that-are/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“If there is a constructive way forward for Christians in the midst of our broken but also beautiful cultures, it will require us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/if-there-is-a-constructive-way-forward-for-christians-in-the-midst-of/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“Grace is not a shortcut around our effort; it is the divine blessing on efforts that are undertaken in dependence and trust on God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/grace-is-not-a-shortcut-around-our-effort-it-is-the-divine-blessing/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“A sabbathless life ends up with neither true work nor true rest, but with frantic and ineffective activity punctuated by couch-potato lethargy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/a-sabbathless-life-ends-up-with-neither-true-work-nor-true-rest-but/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“So the best defense against porn, for every member of our family, is a full life--the kind of life that technology cannot provide on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/so-the-best-defense-against-porn-for-every-member-of-our-family-is-a/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“if the work of creating consistently leaves us depressed or drained, it is likely that we have somehow missed the path.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/if-the-work-of-creating-consistently-leaves-us-depressed-or-drained/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“I rarely feel such clear signs of fatigue and anxiety on days that are filled with travel, meetings and assignments—only when I stop to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/i-rarely-feel-such-clear-signs-of-fatigue-and-anxiety-on-days-that/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

> [“The home is the place where worship of the true God starts: the place where we remember and recite God’s Word, and where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/the-home-is-the-place-where-worship-of-the-true-god-starts-the-place/)

[Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/)

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