Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American priest David Jeremiah.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
David Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San Diego.
The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.
I have been asked this question over and over again: 'Dr. Jeremiah, do you think God is finished with America?' But that is the wrong question. The right question is: 'Is America finished with God?'
Spiritually, we have marginalized the Bible. We've trivialized marriage, and we've neutralized the church. America today is in great turmoil. It feels like the soul of our nation has been taken from us.
Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving hope.
Satan can wreak havoc but he cannot claim the victory.
If you are a Christian, your search for approval should be over.
When we feel that old spirit of complaining start to bubble up in our hearts, we need to remind ourselves to take time to thank God for His blessings.
Jesus is coming back - it could even be today.
No circumstance, person, or difficulty can stop the plans and the promises of God.
Delighting in God's Word leads us to delight in God, and delight in God drives away fear.
When you're facing all the issues of life and you don't know what to do, accept the fact that you are human. We all are. We don't have the capacity to understand Almighty God. But you know what? We know Jesus Christ. He's the wisdom of God. And He put His Holy Spirit in us. So having access to the Holy Spirit and Jesus, we can face the challenges of today with the wisdom of God.
When the Bible uses the words salvation, Savior, and save, it's speaking of the total work of God in bringing people from a state of death - hopeless separation from God - to a state of everlasting life through the forgiveness of sin, based on the merits of Christ Jesus who died and rose again. Saving us is the greatest and most concrete demonstration of God's love, the definitive display of His grace throughout time and eternity.
Prayer is the key to unlocking God's prevailing power in your life.
God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.
Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.
Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.
Believers talk about trusting in the Lord with their whole heart and refusing to lean on thier own understanding, but no one really knows what that means until circumstances cast them headfirst into a dark and painful place. If we give ourselves fully to God in those moments, we will obtain keepsakes of Him to treasure now and forever.
If we don’t have the Word of God as the foundation of what we believe, we will have a faulty footing—it will not stand against the elements that will come against us. God has designed both our physical and spiritual lives to be ordered by one key attribute upon which the fruit of the Spirit is based—that foundation is love.
Faith is the solid, unshakable confidence in God which is built upon assurance that He is faithful to His promises.
Worship is God's way of giving us an opportunity to shift our focus from our own concerns, problems, and circumstances to the way things are in heaven.
No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.
Once we begin chasing approval, we never stop running. It's servitude to a thousand masters instead of one to please.
Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.
There is nothing God doesn't know about your life. You may know the past and present, but God also knows the future. Choose today to walk securely - not in what you know, but in what you believe.
Christian joy is letting Christ live His life out through you so that what He is, you become.
We don't know what will happen tomorrow, but one thing is guaranteed-God's overarching care for His children. We can be sure enough of that. In a world where nothing is sure, He is sure.
God is no further from you on your worst day than He is on your best day. Just open your heart to receive Him and His love.
When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.
When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.
It's time to begin righting the story of your life.
In reading our newspapers today, we can see how God is setting the table, getting everything in order, preparing the way for Christ to return.
Heaven is not a figment of imagination. It is not a feeling or an emotion. It is not the "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." It is a prepared place for a prepared people.
Your heavenly home was bought for a price, and that payment results in a title deed that can never be lost through foreclosure.
If your mind is filled with the Word of God, then it can't be filled with impure thoughts.
In a world that contains tragedies, we must realize that they’re vastly outnumbered by blessings
First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.
Amid the thousands of shrill voices screaming for our attention, there is but on Voice we need to hear. The voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.
We are ever surrounded by undeserved blessings. Even in His silence, He blesses us.
Answers to prayer have to be on God's schedule, not ours. He hears us pray, and He answers according to His will in His own time.
Loving the world destroys our relationship with God, it denies our faith in God, and it discounts our future with God.
Everyone we meet is a hero waiting to happen. When Jesus saw people, He envisioned their potential. No respecter of persons, He associated with people from all walks of life.
When we take voice lessons from the Master, we learn to speak with tenderness.
Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God.
Success can come to a person who has failed, but it will never come to a person who quits
When the problem is worry, the prescription is prayer.
Don't let obstacles along the road to eternity shake your confidence in God's promise. The Holy Spirit is God's seal that you will arrive.
We must trust God with what we can't control.
The Holy Spirit can’t remind you of something you never read which is why it’s important to memorize scripture. When you have Bible verses inscribed in your mind, you’re carrying a concealed weapon to use against the enemy in battle. Find a passage today and begin laying up His words in your heart and in doing so you will be prepared for any trials that will come.
Our attitude toward others reveals our genuine attitude toward God.
When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright.
If you are at a hard place in life, hesitant to ask for help, God invites you to ask Him so He can meet your need.
No one is saved by good works (Ephesians 2:8-9), but every Christian has been saved for good works (verse 10).
The true power of love is found in selfless attitudes and actions that seek the best for another person without expecting anything in return. When we act in that way, the feeling of love follows close behind.
Kids today learn a lot about getting to the moon, but very little about getting to heaven.
This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.
The Lord's Prayer reminds us that God longs for His people to communicate with Him, not just in church on Sunday, but wherever we are and whatever our need.
Share the Gospel. According to the Bible, it is every believer's privilege and responsibility to share the Gospel. If we understand what lies ahead for those who do not know Christ, there will be a sense of urgency in our witness.
Trust God for the impossible-miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest.
Marriage can either be a classroom where people become wiser and better, or a prison where people become resentful; and bitter.