“No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.”
Judah Smith“But freedom starts with honesty. We aren’t doing ourselves any favors by defining our- selves as good and others as bad. Let’s just agree that we all need help, that we are all in this together.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“Rules are not proof of our spirituality. If anything, they are proof of our sinfulness, a reminder that we have a tendency toward wrongdoing and that we need help.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax for a second, we'll mess up royally and ruin everything. Ironically, our paranoia only serves to make us more conscious of our sinfulness.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“It seemed too good to be true. That's grace.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“A moment with Jesus changed everything.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“When we meet grace, it becomes the fuel of our faith. We pray, we read our Bibles, we worship and we live the purest lifestyle we can because we love a person.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“When you look in the eyes of grace, when you meet grace, when you embrace grace, when you see the nail prints in grace’s hands and the fire in his eyes, when you feel his relentless love for you - it will not motivate you to sin. It will motivate you to righteousness.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human“No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.”
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human