“The weaknesses, failures, and sins of our family are the places where we learn that we need grace too. It is there, in those dark mercies, that God teaches us to be humbly dependent. It is there that He draws… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“The declarations of the gospel are unavoidably tied to the obligations of the Gospel.” — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“Everything that isn't gospel is law. Let us say it again: Everything that isn't gospel is law. Every way we try to make our… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Unless we're very intentional about meditating on these truths [that show God's love], they slip from our thoughts like misty dreams that evaporate in… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
We forget the gospel when we neglect our adoption and think that we're still just a hired servant. The Father doesn't let us come… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“The sinful heart is never transformed by conformity to the imperatives but only by relationship with the One who cleanses hearts.” — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair. — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
The curse of death for disobedience has been silenced because, for believers, there is no longer any Law we have to obey to merit… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
The law was given to crush our self-confidence and drive us to Jesus. — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
The gospel frees us from demanding our own way, because nothing we desire to obtain is worth sinning against such love and kindness. — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“Our faith works because we love, and we love because he has first loved us. Our faith is then emboldened by this responsive love;… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become? — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“Pure, unadulterated, consistent love for God and pure, unadulterated, consistent love for others is the summation of all the law God has given us… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
![“Unless we're very intentional about meditating on these truths [that show God's love], they slip from our thoughts like misty dreams that evaporate in the morning light. That's why Luther said we must take heed then, to embrace...the love and kindness of God...[and to] daily excercise [our] faith…” quote by Elyse Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/025/elyse-fitzpatrick-19135_doubt_unless-we-re-very-intentional-about-medi_259795.jpg)
