Larry Crabb Quotes About Commitment

Quotes about: Commitment

• Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort.

  Larry Crabb

  Life Changing, Commitment, Self

• The marriage relationship is one of God's creations for building up people. It gives husbands and wives the chance to minister to an immortal human being in a uniquely intimate fashion. To enjoy the meaningfulness of marriage, then, requires a once-made but ongoing commitment of mutual ministry to our mates and the more we seize them, the more meaning our marriage will have.

  Larry Crabb

  Fashion, Husband, Commitment

• The more clearly we recognize how deep our commitment to self-protection operates in our relational style and the more courageously we face the ugliness of protecting ourselves rather than loving others, the more we'll shift our direction.

  Larry Crabb

  Commitment, Self, Style

• A marriage bound together by commitments to exploit the other for filling one's own needs (and I fear that most marriages are built on such a basis) can legitimately be described as a "tic on a dog" relationship. Just as a hungry tic clamps on to a nourishing host in anticipation of a meal, so each partner unites with the other in the expectation of finding what his or her personal nature demands. The rather frustrating dilemma, of course, is that in such a marriage there are two tics and no dog!

  Larry Crabb

  Dog, Commitment, Two

  Larry Crabb (2009). “The Marriage Builder: A Blueprint for Couples and Counselors”, p.32, Harper Collins

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

  Larry Crabb

  Commitment, Feelings, Degrees

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