Warren W. Wiersbe famous quotes

God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Blessing #Christian Inspirational #Bless

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Life #Change #Mistake

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Mean #Circumstances

Some of your greatest blessings come with patience.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Blessing #Be Patient #Patient

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
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Hurt #Perspective #Suffering

Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Regret #Two

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Storm #Watches #Purpose

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian Inspirational #Matter #Lord

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Truth #Love Is #Hypocrisy

Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#God #Christian #Mean

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Thanksgiving #Done #Who We Are

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Country #Children #Home

The secret of a happy life is to delight in duty. When duty becomes delight, then burdens become blessings
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Happy Life #Blessing

Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Use #Trials #Purpose

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Integrity #Giving

The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Thanksgiving #Christian #Long

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Christian Inspirational #Live By

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Crush #Criticism #Way

The way we behave toward people indicates what we really believe about God.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Believe #People #Way

The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Father #Devil

What the majority calls "blessing" may actually be a judgment from God.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Blessing #May

The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Heart #Giving #Mind

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Heart #Weather #People

If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Inspirational Life #Way #Looks

Worship is the believer's response of all that they are - mind, emotions, will, body - to what God is and says and does.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Mind #Body #Doe

A good book is like a seed: it produces fruit that has in it seed for more fruit. It is not a picture on the wall; it is a window that invies us to wider horizons.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Wall #Book #Horizon

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Heart #Giving #Mind

The greatest judgment God can send on His people is letting them have their own way.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #People #Way

Material wealth is either a window through which we see God or a mirror in which we see ourselves.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Mirrors #Wealth #Window

A prophet weeps while others are laughing.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Christian Inspirational #Laughing

Most important, Christmas should be a spiritual experience....Christmas is not just an event in time; it is a spiritual experience available to every person who hears the Gospel.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christmas #Spiritual #Important

After all, a crisis doesn't make a person; it reveals what a person is made of.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Made #Crisis

When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Doe #Doctrine

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Training #Trying

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Forgiveness #Broken #Liberty

When God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Men #People

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Change #Attitude #Victory

The bumps are what you climb on.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Christian Inspirational #Bumps

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Heart #Waiting

Christians have a dual citizenship - on earth and in heaven - and our citizenship in heaven ought to make us better people here on earth.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #People #Heaven

Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Opportunity #Use #Patient

Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Needs #Ministry #Glory

Remember, your worth is founded in Jesus Christ.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Peace #Jesus #Remember

Do you need help today? Lift up your hands to the Lord in supplication and in expectation, and soon you will lift up your hands in jubilation and celebration.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Hands #Expectations #Today

Let God enlarge you when you are going through distress. He can do it. You can't do it, and others can't do it for you.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Faith #Letting Go #Distress

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Moving #Past

If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Want #Tasks

If we see only the problems, we will be defeated; but if we see the possibilities in the problems, we can have victory.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Victory #Problem #Defeated

Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Victory #Battle #Sometimes

Bumps are the things we climb on.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Bumps #Difficulty #Climbs

God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#People #Promise #Explanation

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Contentment #Battle #Abiding

Don't waste your sufferings.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Christian Inspirational #Suffering

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Letting Go #Christian #Limits

Heaven is more than a destination; it is a motivation. Knowing that we shall dwell in the heavenly city ought to make a difference in our lives here and now.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Motivation #Cities #Differences

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Spiritual #People #Use

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Fire #Gone #Realist

People who walk by faith don't see obstacles, they see opportunities.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Opportunity #People

Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Jesus #Discipline

When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Christian Inspirational #Messages

Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Christian Inspirational #Christ

If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Life #Rainbow #Storm

The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#School #Suffering #Lessons

God will open up places of service for you as He sees you are ready. Meanwhile, study the Bible and give yourself a chance to grow.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Christian #Giving #Chance

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
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Eye #Heart #God Love

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.
-- Warren W. Wiersbe

#Fall #Hypocrite #Mean