Top 243 Quotes & Sayings by David Jeremiah - Page 3

It is only as we remember and embrace His generous grace toward us that we can extend it to others.

If you feel besieged by life today, lean on the God of peace - the God of hope and the future. The same God who has a plan for Israel has a plan for you. Trust that He will direct your path.

The Bible says that love is a responsibility. We are commanded to love. God doesn't ask us if we feel like it, He tells us in His Word that it is our responsibility to love.

Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.

Our ownership in Christ is documented in the Word of God, and our names are registered in the Lamb's Book of Life.

If you're unhappy with another person's behavior, pray about it and be honest and open in dealing with it in the right kind of way.

God is love (1 John 4:8, 16) and God is sovereign (Acts 4:24). Those biblical truths must define our response to every circumstance in life.

I learned to pray out of desperation. For most of us, this is how the adventure usually begins. When we finally get serious about prayer, the trigger is usually desperation, not duty.... We don't pray because we ought, we pray because we are without any other recourse.

Jesus Himself stresses that only those who grant forgiveness will receive it.

God is never early and never late.

Many biblical passages teach that we're not saved by our own efforts but by the grace of God alone. But the same passages also tell us good works are an essential evidence of the salvation experience. We're not saved by good works, but for good works. It begins with God's grace, and it's sustained by his grace as you shape your character by what you do as you cross the bridge.

Confession basically means saying the same thing about your sin as God says. So if you say you want to develop integrity, but you're not willing to face the rough parts and confess them, you won't get there.

The greatest encouragement is conveyed in prayer.

It's true the Holy Spirit alone can reproduce the character of our Lord Jesus, and we must always abide in Christ. But the Bible also makes us active partners in the process, and we must be diligent to do our part. "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed".

What comes to mind when you think of heaven? Heaven is referred to in fifty-four of the Bible's sixty-six books, and the final two chapters of the Bible are a virtual travelogue of our heavenly home. To visualize heaven accurately, study the Bible continually.

Picking up our Bibles, we should give God our full attention, withhold our opinion until we understand what He is saying, listen without interrupting, and respond with understanding and obedience.

The truth is: We serve a generous God. He delights in giving us opportunities beyond our capabilities. He has promised to equip us, and remain with us through each bend in the road.

Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times.

Going without food or water will kill the body, but the lack of relationship will kill the mind and spirit.

God is unlimited and infinite with respect to time; He is eternal. God is unlimited and unaffected by space; He is present everywhere at the same time.

We are God's productions, His compositions.

It's possible to be thankful wherever you find yourself.

With eternal investments there is never a loss of principle or principal.

On the third day after Jesus' own death, He came out of the grave to give the world a sign it cannot deny. For a man to predict His own death and resurrection was something only God could do.

God has given us the gift of faith that we can take what's unseen and make it part of who we are.

Jesus became mortal to give you immortality; and today, through Him, you can be free.

Refresh your commitment today to test everything by the Word of God. The surest defense against spiritual deception is knowledge of spiritual truth.

The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

We have been released from the spirit of fear by the Holy Spirit, who has placed us in the body of Christ.

The more the Gospel progresses and the closer we come to the end of the age, the more aggressive the enemy becomes. Sadly, many Christians are unaware that a battle is raging all around them, and they have not reported for duty.

To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.

Even though it has been nearly 2,000 years since Christ's first coming, His second coming is certain.

Evangelism was not a program in the Jerusalem church; it was a way of life. The believers' lives and behaviors created such favor with the population of Jerusalem that people we drawn to the Lord.

There is a sense in which the Christian's life on earth is a dress rehearsal for heaven. Not in terms of costumes and theatrics, but in terms of worship and devotion to the One we will worship for all eternity - the Lamb who sits on the throne of heaven.

We can be encouraged knowing that our daily actions and words are declaring Christ to the world.

If Jesus can live in you and you are no different than the world around you, something got short circuited because Jesus makes a difference.

Prayer is the hard-work business of Christianity, and it nets amazing results.

Your attitude toward the word of God is your attitude toward Jesus (Ps 37:4).

Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom.

If you were to write your life motto, what would it say? Look out for number one? Or look out for the needs of others?

In Scripture we read of two kinds of men-the spiritual man controlled by the Holy Spirit, and the "carnal" man who is ruled by his passions.

It's not that your most important work is meaningless; it's that your most trivial movements are also significant.

The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to unleash the potential of her children.

Ask God to show you any changes you need to make in your relationships. And make sure your closest relationship continues to be with Jesus Himself.

If we ask God for a calm, thankful heart that sees all the blessings His grace imparts, He can teach us many lessons in illness that can never be learned in health.

If you feel so lonely you could cry, take the focus off yourself. Think of how much God loves you, and find another person whom you can serve today.

Marriage is a partnership between one man and one woman... Nothing could be clearer in the Bible as to what constitutes a marriage in God's sight.

What a loving God we serve! Not only has He prepared a heavenly dwelling for us, but His angels also accompany us as we transition from this world to the next.

God cares about you and your needs. Bring them to Him in a spirit of worship and thanksgiving, knowing that He is mindful of your place in His creation.

Many Christians have the mistaken notion that eternal life begins when they die. But that is not biblically accurate. Eternal life begins when we are born again into the Kingdom of God.

Every child is created uniquely by God. God puts a certain formula in the heart of every child. And it is the parents' challenge to figure out the combination. We need to spend time studying, looking, listening, and observing.

God appeared to His people in the Old Testament and dwelt with His people in the New - and now abides in us by His Spirit.

All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.

If we don't take inventory every once in a while and give thanks to God for the great things He has done for us, we get totally out of perspective.

A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential.

In a sense, we are better prepared to praise God than the angels are, for angels have never known the joy of redemption.

Throughout Jesus' ministry, He took time away from the crowds and even His disciples to pray by Himself. Jesus modeled the importance of not only serving God with our actions but of being still and drawing close to God to renew our souls.

Be honest with God and ask Him to give you a willingness to do the work of prayer.

Integrity is keeping my commitments even if the circumstances when I made those commitments have changed.

People crave encouragement, and sometimes the greatest encouragement is the writing of words that endure. Perhaps you can pen a note of affirmation and approval to someone today.