Ann Voskamp

Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskampis the author of the New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, published by Zondervan...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 August 1973
CountryCanada
gratitude stress giving
Going ahead in the midst of the stressful circumstances and giving thanks in that moment - you can't simultaneously feel stress and gratitude at the same time. So as a parent, to go ahead and start to give thanks to God resets the whole family.
emergencies moments christ
Life isn't an emergency. Christ is in charge of every moment of the day; nothing catches Him off guard.
gratitude fall garden
Our [people's] very saving is associated with our gratitude. Which follows: if our fall in the garden was ingratitude, then salvation must be intimately related to giving of thanks.
today tomorrow uncertain
There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.
wind grace found
Like the wind, Grace finds us wherever we are and won't leave us however we were found.
joy thanks habit
It's habits that can imprison you and it's habits that can free you. But when thanks to God becomes a habit - so joy in God becomes your life.
gratitude long joy
As long as thanks is possible, then joy is always possible.
joy secret doubt
...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.
stress joy choices
Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.
acceptance free-gifts giving
We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace.
loving-you soul honor
Your naked body deserves the honor of being shared only with someone who is covenanted to never stop loving your naked soul.
purpose plans
God’s purposes are not for me to understand His plans: His plan is for me to understand Who He is.
glory christ knows
When we know Christ, we always know how things are going to go...always for our good and always for His glory.
prayer reading oatmeal
The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.