"In a storm of struggles, I have tried……" — Ann Voskamp
"In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ."
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171 Quotes by Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp has 171 quotes on this site.
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Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.
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We were made to live in a posture of grateful worship, and when we live in praise we live our…
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There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks…
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God doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.
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Like the wind, Grace finds us wherever we are and won't leave us however we were found.
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The bravest love is wildly faithful and it falls hard again every morning... It knows what we seek may be…
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I have to seek God beauty. Because isn't my internal circuitry wired to seek out something worthy of worship? .…
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The gift list is thinking upon His goodness – and this, this pleases Him most! And most profits my own…
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I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought,…
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Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and Eve are, simply, painfully ungrateful…
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In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my…
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Thanksgiving creates abundance; and the miracle of multiplying happens when I give thanks-take the just one loaf, say it is…
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