Larry Crabb

“we are motivated to meet our needs for significance and security in ways we unconsciously believe will work.”

— Larry Crabb

Maturity involves two elements: 1) immediate obedience in specific situations and 2) long-range character growth.

— Larry Crabb

“By cutting God off (what a staggering concept of freedom—mere humans can cut God off from their lives), you cut off the…

— Larry Crabb

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to…

— Larry Crabb

God is always working to make His children aware of a dream that remains alive beneath the rubble of every shattered dream,…

— Larry Crabb

“It’s so natural to think the Presence of Jesus has no greater purpose than to improve the quality of our journey through…

— Larry Crabb

The root of all our personal and emotional difficulties is a lack of togetherness... I therefore believe that the surest route to…

— Larry Crabb

Following Christ is a wild adventure full or risk, frustration, excitement, and setbacks. It is not an evening stroll in a planned…

— Larry Crabb

In order to meaningfully repent of the ways in which we violate love, we must recognize them. We won’t recognize self-protective patterns…

— Larry Crabb

We were designed to love and when we do, something good develops inside. We feel clean, rich, whole. Even better, we become…

— Larry Crabb

When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. There’s nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual…

— Larry Crabb

I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see,…

— Larry Crabb

A marriage bound together by commitments to exploit the other for filling one's own needs (and I fear that most marriages are…

— Larry Crabb

There’s never a moment in all our lives, from the day we trusted Christ till the day we see Him, when God…

— Larry Crabb

I assume the Spirit is always whispering, "Abba", to God's children, assuring them that they are safe in His care. And he…

— Larry Crabb

Many of us place top priority not on becoming Christ like in the middle of our problems but on finding happiness.... I…

— Larry Crabb

The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good…

— Larry Crabb

Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer.

— Larry Crabb

“Certainly we struggle as victims of other people’s unkindness. We have been sinned against. But we cannot excuse our sinful responses to…

— Larry Crabb

Godly people... nobly endure hard things. They know that their existence is meaningful and that they are destined for unlimited pleasure at…

— Larry Crabb

When hints of sadness creep into our soul, we must not flee into happy or distracting thoughts. Pondering the sadness until it…

— Larry Crabb

“Evangelicals sometimes expect too much or, to put it more precisely, we look for a kind of change God hasn't promised. It's…

— Larry Crabb

The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.

— Larry Crabb

I find it much easier to counsel than to be counseled, to reach out to a friend in my small group who…

— Larry Crabb

“Men are easily threatened. And whenever a man is threatened, when he becomes uncomfortable in places within himself that he does not…

— Larry Crabb