Saved from Success: How God Can Free You from Culture’s Distortion of Family, Work, and the Good Life
Dale Partridge
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Marriage isn’t hard because we have to deal with the opposite sex. It’s hard because it’s the first time we must deal with ourselves.”
“maturity is never earned through the escape of something tough. It’s earned through the commitment of remaining faithful in the face of struggle, even when it doesn’t make sense to our flesh.”
“You see, most of us are more concerned with the work God has for us and less worried about His timing. We pridefully rush into the colosseum far before we’re ready. But the Bible has taught me a sobering truth about what God’s call on our lives means. It’s taught me that while God does have big plans for His obedient children, He has far more work to do in us than through us. Meaning while we’re looking out, toward our destiny, He’s looking in at our maturity.”
“You have to learn the difference between a need, which should be met, and an entitled desire, which should be starved.”
“You find yourself through your spouse.”
“Wisdom says that the fastest path to maturity is within the hardest relationships we have. You can certainly avoid all of these duties; just know that you’re also avoiding the ultimate development—of you.”
“We must be enthusiastic to please our God, not our fellow man.”
“To call yourself a follower of Christ, you must be willing to relinquish the authority of your life to Him. You must allow His cross to do its deadly work to your flesh.”
“There would be no shoplifting. No one would lie about their co-worker to steal a promotion. People wouldn’t traumatically uproot their families and move halfway across the country for a 10 percent raise. And churches and charities wouldn’t have to beg for donations. If we all adopted the Bible’s perspective, America also wouldn’t be languishing in our current debt crisis. The average household has $16,000 in credit card balances and a total debt just shy of $132,500.4 Our churches aren’t much better, often taking out massive lines of credit to build giant buildings with fancy accoutrements and six-digit landscaping budgets. And our government might be the worst of all, amassing a debt with an embarrassing number of zeros and a century of work required to remove it.”
“Their illiteracy of the Bible, the book that they claim has authority in their lives, and their unwillingness to fanatically seek the will of their Father prevent them from the spiritual maturity required to know one’s life work. Two quotes have assisted me in unearthing the work I was made to do: “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should” and “Just because it’s smart doesn’t mean it’s right.” But saying no to opportunities, especially smart ones when they are within arm’s reach, is downright difficult. Developing the restraint to question and evaluate if every move is bringing you closer to God’s calling for you or distracting you from it is laborious. Ultimately, we must be mature enough not to let what we want to do prevent us from what we’re meant to do.”
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