157 Quotes by Warren W. Wiersbe

But suffering does not automatically bring glory to God and blessing to God’s people. Some believers have fainted and fallen in times of trial and have brought shame to the name of Christ. It is only when we depend on the grace of God that we can glorify God in times of suffering.

The world changes – circumstances change, we change – but God’s Word never changes.

Saving faith involves the mind, the emotions, and the will. With the mind we understand the truth of the gospel, and with the heart we feel conviction and the need to be saved. But it is only when we exercise the will and commit ourselves to Christ that the process is complete. Faith is not mental assent to a body of doctrines, no matter how true those doctrines may be. Faith is not emotional concern. Faith is commitment to Jesus Christ.

A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.

God doesn’t give his counsel to the curious or the careless; he reveals his will to the concerned and the consecrated. Some believers take the attitude, “I’ll ask God what he wants me to do, and if I like it, I’ll do it.” The result is predictable: God doesn’t speak to them. Unless we have a serious desire both to know and to do the counsel of God, he will not reveal his will to us.

The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will see God whether others see Him or not.

Too many people attend church as consumers and not as stewards and worshipers. Church buildings have become shopping malls, not sanctuaries, and “doing church” means “doing business” and not worshiping God or encouraging others. “What’s in it for me?” is the most important concern of the average churchgoer, not “How can I become more like Christ and share what I have with others?” If our praying is what it ought to be, we will be transformed from greedy consumers into generous stewards.

We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can’t control the weather or the economy, and we can’t control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control – we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.

We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.