--- title: "1 Rules Say Quotes By Mark Lowry" description: "1 Rules Say quotes by Mark Lowry. Plus more from Mark Lowry and more Rules Say sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/mark-lowry-29111_believe_it-s-easier-for-our-brains-to-have-a-lis_1837947.jpg" --- > [It's easier for our brains to have a list of rules and say, "If we keep these rules, we're in, and if we don't keep these rules, we're out." The problem with grace is that it doesn't play by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/it-s-easier-for-our-brains-to-have-a-list-of-rules-and-say-if-we-keep/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/mark-lowry-29111_believe_it-s-easier-for-our-brains-to-have-a-lis_1837947.jpg) ## More by Mark Lowry > [God is so much nicer than you can imagine. I know "nice" is an odd word, but He loved you enough to die for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/god-is-so-much-nicer-than-you-can-imagine-i-know-nice-is-an-odd-word/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [How about you hate your sin, and I'll hate my sin and we'll just love each other!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/how-about-you-hate-your-sin-and-i-ll-hate-my-sin-and-we-ll-just-love/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [Life is a series of recoveries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/life-is-a-series-of-recoveries/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [The things you're crying about today, you might be laughing about in ten years ... and then again ... maybe not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/the-things-you-re-crying-about-today-you-might-be-laughing-about-in/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [God spreads grace like a 4-year old spreads peanut butter-He gets it all over everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/god-spreads-grace-like-a-4-year-old-spreads-peanut-butter-he-gets-it/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [The self-righteous have their fig leaves so tightly bound that they have forgotten the seeping wounds beneath the foliage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/the-self-righteous-have-their-fig-leaves-so-tightly-bound-that-they/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [I thought, you know, I can sit at home in my La-Z-Boy, on Facebook, and reach more people than I can on a tour.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/i-thought-you-know-i-can-sit-at-home-in-my-la-z-boy-on-facebook-and/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [We don't help people by showing them our trophies. We help them by showing them our scars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/we-don-t-help-people-by-showing-them-our-trophies-we-help-them-by/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [How rude for the created to tell the Creator "I wasn't worth it. You didn't do a good job when you made me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/how-rude-for-the-created-to-tell-the-creator-i-wasn-t-worth-it-you/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [If you're normal, if you're healthy, you look at your children and you see your image, and you want the best for them. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/if-you-re-normal-if-you-re-healthy-you-look-at-your-children-and-you/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [It's easier for our brains to have a list of rules and say, "If we keep these rules, we're in, and if we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/it-s-easier-for-our-brains-to-have-a-list-of-rules-and-say-if-we-keep/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [It's not a great song unless it makes your DNA remember Eden and your spirit long for Home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/it-s-not-a-great-song-unless-it-makes-your-dna-remember-eden-and-your/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [I hate puns. And, I'm tired of pardoning them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/i-hate-puns-and-i-m-tired-of-pardoning-them/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [Love the sinner, hate the sin? How about: Love the sinner, hate your own sin! I don't have time to hate your sin. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-how-about-love-the-sinner-hate-your-own/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) > [Our preachers weren't always right, but they were never in doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/our-preachers-weren-t-always-right-but-they-were-never-in-doubt/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rules-say/mark-lowry/#itemlist", "name": "1 Rules Say Quotes By Mark Lowry", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easier for our brains to have a list of rules and say, \"If we keep these rules, we're in, and if we don't keep these rules, we're out.\" The problem with grace is that it doesn't play by the rules. It covers sin, and it washes away shame. 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