Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Warren W. Wiersbe
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Warren W. Wiersbe.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
When it seems as if God is far away, remind yourself that He is near. Nearness is not a matter of geography. God is everywhere. Nearness is likeness. The more we become like the Lord, the nearer He is to us.
The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless... the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.
God doesn't always change the circumstances, but He can change us to meet the circumstances. That's what it means to live by faith.
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
God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations.
Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.
Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.
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.
After all, a crisis doesn't make a person; it reveals what a person is made of.
The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.
If life is to have meaning, and if God's will is to be done, all of us have to accept who we are and what we are, give it back to God, and thank Him for the way He made us. What I am is God's gift to me; what I do with it is my gift to Him.
You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor to drag you. We must learn from the past but not live in the past.
We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.
When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message.
If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill
The way we behave toward people indicates what we really believe about God.
Meekness is power under control.
It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit.
God made us and God is able to empower us to do whatever he calls us to do. Denying that we can accomplish God's work is not humility; it is the worst kind of pride.
People who walk by faith don't see obstacles, they see opportunities.
The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us.
If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.
Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.
When you and I hurt deeply, what we really need is not an explanation from God but a revelation of God. We need to see how great God is; we need to recover our lost perspective on life. Things get out of proportion when we are suffering, and it takes a vision of something bigger than ourselves to get life's dimensions adjusted again
If you look to others you will be distracted; if you look to yourselves you will be discouraged; but if you look to Christ you'll be delighted.
Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things.
If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.
We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering; but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process; He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory; shame leads to honor; weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.
Daniel gave all the glory to God; he took none of it for himself. There is no limit to what God will do for the believer who will let God have all the glory.
Some of your greatest blessings come with patience.
It is a remarkable thing that some of the most optimistic and enthusiastic people you will meet are those who have been through intense suffering.
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.
Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; and both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service.
What the majority calls "blessing" may actually be a judgment from God.
Hypocrisy means deliberately pretending. None of us lives up to his ideals; none of us is all that he would like to be or all that he could be in Christ. But that is not hypocrisy. Falling short of our ideals is not hypocrisy. Pretending we have reached our ideals when we have not - that is hypocrisy.
He knows when we go into the storm, He watches over us in the storm, and He can bring us out of the storm when His purposes have been fulfilled.
The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.
Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.
No matter how much you may change or how life may change, God never changes, and His promises never fail.
Christians have a dual citizenship - on earth and in heaven - and our citizenship in heaven ought to make us better people here on earth.
If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin against you. Above all, don't give birth to sin yourself, rather, pray for those who persecute you. God will one day turn your persecution into praise.
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
Nothing paralyzes our lives like the attitude that things can never change. We need to remind ourselves that God can change things. Outlook determines outcome. If we see only the problems, we will be defeated; but if we see the possibilities in the problems, we can have victory.
In our universe there is God and there are people and things. We were made so that we should worship God, love people and use things. However if we worship ourselves, we will ignore God, start loving things and begin to use people.
The Christian life is a pilgrimage from earth to heaven, and our task is to take as many as possible with us as we make this journey.
Real contentment must come from within. You and I can not change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.
The secret of a happy life is to delight in duty. When duty becomes delight, then burdens become blessings
The greatest judgment God can send on His people is letting them have their own way.
People can't see your root system, but God can. Praying and meditating on the Word of God will cause your roots to go down deep into His love.
Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.
Never underestimate the importance of simply being physically present in the place God wants you. You may not be asked to perform some dramatic ministry, but simply being there is a ministry.
The past can be a rudder that guides you or an anchor tha hinders you. Leave your mistakes with God and look to the future by faith.
The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy. Our thoughts become shackled, our emotions are chained, the will is almost paralyzed. But when we show mercy, all of these bonds are broken, and we enter into a joyful liberty that frees us to share God's love with others.
If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can't be tested can't be trusted.
You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it's your turn.
Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.
I will be satisfied to the extent that I see everything I have as a gift from God. Here is the truth: Everything you have – your money, talent, friendships, marriage, children, material possessions, health, home, bike, car, even the country you live in – is a gift from God that He had chosen out of His generous nature to give you.
Worship is the believer's response of all that they are - mind, emotions, will, body - to what God is and says and does.
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