David Jeremiah Quotes:

When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.

Topics: People, Joy, Want

You have inside you the capacity to invest your mental, emotional, and spiritual gifts in a way that glorifies God, impacts the world, and satisfies your own soul. I believe that-and I want you to believe it, too.

Topics: Spiritual, Believe, Emotional, Glorification, Spiritual Gifts

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.

Topics: Faith, Heart, Mean, Keepsakes

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.

Topics: Prayer, Humble, Men, Praying To God, Fervent Prayer

Today is important only in light of what we do for God.

Topics: Light, Important, Today

Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him as our loving Father, we need to ask Him to help us develop a healthy Father/child relationship.

Topics: Prayer, Children, Father, Father Child

Kids today learn a lot about getting to the moon, but very little about getting to heaven.

Topics: Christian, Kids, Moon

Loving the world destroys our relationship with God, it denies our faith in God, and it discounts our future with God.

Topics: World, Faith In God, Our Relationship, Discounts

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else.

Topics: Prayer, Helping, Praying, Confessing, Turning Points

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

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Declaring

When the problem is worry, the prescription is prayer.

source: - David Jeremiah (2016). “Count It All Joy: Discover a Happiness That Circumstances Cannot Change”, p.165, David C Cook

Topics: Christian, Prayer, Worry

I cannot work; I cannot speak; I cannot live or love as I should, unless God's wisdom lights my path.

Topics: Light, Path, Speak

Sin is like a cancer that destroys step by step, sometimes so slowly we don't realize what's happening to us.

Topics: Cancer, Steps, Sometimes

The only way the corporate Body of Christ will fulfill the mission Christ has given it is for individual Christians to have a vision for fulfilling that mission personally.

Topics: Christian, Vision, Body, Corporate, Body Of Christ

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.

Topics: Lying, Responsibility, Privilege, Privilege And Responsibility, Sense Of Urgency

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Open Your Heart, Worst Day

If you are a Christian, your search for approval should be over.

source: - David Jeremiah (2016). “Your Daily Journey with God: 365 Daily Devotions”, p.261, NavPress

Topics: Christian, Approval, Should

Marriage can either be a classroom where people become wiser and better, or a prison where people become resentful; and bitter.

Topics: People, Bitter, Prison, Resentful

Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

Satan can imitate God, but he cannot duplicate Him - God is the only One who can deliver us from our pain and suffering.

Topics: God, Christian, Pain, Duplicate

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

Topics: Integrity, Commitment, Circumstances

When we share Christ, the Truth behind our transformation, we are offering people an opportunity to be transformed.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

source: - David Jeremiah (2010). “Jesus' Final Warning”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

Topics: Eye, People, Needs, Discernment

The vinedresser is never nearer the branches then when he is pruning them.

Topics: Pruning, Branches

The man who loves his wife above all else on earth gains the freedom and power to pursue other noble, but lesser, loves.

Topics: Men, Wife, Noble

Every believer is commanded to be plugged in to a local church.

Topics: Church, Believer, Local Church

The Lord intends us to be powerful people-mighty in optimism and hopeful of spirit, powerful in evangelistic zeal, potent in influence, sturdy in moral fiber and purity. We can be powerhouses in prayer and preaching.

Topics: Prayer, Powerful, People, Moral Fiber

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.

Topics: Giving, Definitions, Irony

There is a moral and spiritual war for the souls of Americans. And this war must be waged by preaching the Gospel, prayer, and obedience to God's Word.

Topics: Spiritual, Prayer, War, Inspirational Patriotic, Obedience To God

The secret of the Christian's passion is simple: Everything we do in life we do it as to the Lord and not to men.

Topics: Christian, Passion, Simple

Only by being both deity and humanity could Jesus Christ bridge the gap between where God is.

Topics: Jesus, Bridges, Humanity

Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.

Topics: Heart, Christ, Enjoy

We should be holy people eager to greet our Lord when He returns, ready at any moment for the trumpet's call, people of optimism, busy in evangelism, hands to the plow, eyes on the prize.

Topics: Eye, Hands, People, Eye On The Prize

It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.

Topics: Prayer, Believe, Technology

Perhaps the image you have of the devil is a cartoon of a man in a red suit with horns a pointy tale and a pitch fork, Satan would love for you to think of him as a harmless cartoon character, but don't be fooled... Satan is anything but harmless.

Topics: Character, Men, Thinking, Cartoon Character

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

Topics: Being Thankful, Finding Yourself

Live as a credible witness. If our actions don't line up with the message we're proclaiming, we risk losing our credibility.

Topics: Risk, Lines, Our Actions, Proclaiming

If peace seems elusive in your life today, commit yourself to God, commit your concerns to Him in prayer, and then rest peacefully as you trust in Him.

Topics: Life, Prayer, Today, Elusive

If you own just one Bible, you are abundantly blessed. 1/3rd of the world does not have access to even one.

Topics: Blessed, Doe, World

We must trust God with what we can't control.

Topics: Trust In God

You may not be able to predict the time of a tornado, earthquake or the Lord's return. But you can know for a fact that He is coming back. Work today to share the escape route of God's grace with others, before the night cometh.

Topics: Time, Night, Earthquakes

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.

Topics: Christian, Enemy, Battle

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

A man of God in the will of God is immortal until His work is done.

Topics: Christian, Men, Done, Man Of God

We are ever surrounded by undeserved blessings. Even in His silence, He blesses us.

Topics: Blessing, Silence, Bless

There's only one thing to do with God's offer of the gift of salvation: Say "thank you" and embrace it.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: Prayer, Heart, Purpose, Thankful Heart

No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.

Topics: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful

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.

Topics: Prayer, Sick, Devil, Backsliding

The greatest adventure in life - knowing God - begins at the Cross of Christ and ends with a "Hallelujah!"

Topics: God, Christian, Adventure, Hallelujah, Greatest Adventure

All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.

Topics: Christmas, World, Christ, Jesus Christmas, Christian Christmas

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Hesitant, Asking For Help

If your mind is filled with the Word of God, then it can't be filled with impure thoughts.

Topics: Mind, Filled, Word Of God, Impure Thoughts

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

Topics: Christian, Angel, Joy, Praise God

The true celebration of Christmas is when we ponder afresh the grace of God who became human, entered history through a virgin's womb, and brought redemption to the world.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: Christian, Reading, Order

The promises of God are His guarantees amid life's uncertainties. They're the basis of all our life of faith.

Topics: Christian, Promise, Guarantees

Satan can wreak havoc but he cannot claim the victory.

Topics: Victory, Satan, Claims

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

Topics: Christian, Integrity, Commitment

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.

Topics: Christian, Opportunity, Yesterday, God's Will, Servant Of God

It's time to begin righting the story of your life.

Topics: Stories

God is faithful and true. Confess your inability and His ability, and keep your eyes on Him.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, God Is Faithful

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Pleasing God

No circumstance, person, or difficulty can stop the plans and the promises of God.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

Success can come to a person who has failed, but it will never come to a person who quits

Topics: Quitting, Persons

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.

Topics: Children, World, Care

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.

Topics: Jesus, Issues, Challenges, Following Jesus, Almighty God

When culture changes around us, God's standard of living does not. Even when we're engulfed by evil, the eyes of the Lord range to and fro throughout all the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Engulfing, Culture Change

If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen - ever - that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Children

Our attitude toward others reveals our genuine attitude toward God.

Topics: Encouragement, Attitude, Genuine

God has stepped in at the last minute more than once in history (remember Moses at the Red Sea?). And He can do the same for you. Keep turning the pages by faith and let the story play out to the end.

Topics: Faith, Christian, Sea, Last Minute, Red Sea

God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.

Topics: Love You, World, Way, Love Everyone, God Loves You

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.

Topics: Jesus, People, Rose, God's Love, Everlasting Life

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.

source: - David Jeremiah (2010). “Jesus' Final Warning”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

Topics: Jesus, Voice, Needs

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.

Topics: Beautiful, People, Imagination, Figments

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.

Topics: Heart, Mind, Enemy, Concealed Weapons, Bible Verse

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.

source: - Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “The Prayer Matrix: Plugging into the Unseen Reality”, p.29, Multnomah

Topics: Prayer, Schedules, Answers

Christian joy is letting Christ live His life out through you so that what He is, you become.

Topics: Christian, Joy, Christ, Turning Points

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Only God Knows, Walking With God

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.

Topics: Christian, Kingdoms, Born Again, Kingdom Of God, Turning Points

Faith is the solid, unshakable confidence in God which is built upon assurance that He is faithful to His promises.

Topics: Faith, Christian, Promise, Unshakable

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.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Attitude, Love Is, Feelings

Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when head and heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.

Topics: Heart, Forever, Useless, Head And Heart, Turning Points

Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ.

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Holiness

Trust God for the impossible-miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest.

Topics: God, Christian, Jobs

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

If you need counsel, start with the One who is both Counselor and King - the One who is the source of both wisdom and power.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Counselor, Advisors

The tomb was empty-the greatest security breach of all time.Yet that event gives lasting security to all God's people.

Topics: People, Giving, Events, Breach

In a world that contains tragedies, we must realize that they’re vastly outnumbered by blessings

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.16, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Blessing, Tragedy, World

Prayer is the key to unlocking God's prevailing power in your life.

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “Hopeful Parenting: Encouragement for Raising Kids Who Love God”, p.76, David C Cook

Topics: Prayer, Keys, Unlocking, Turning Points

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

God’s grace is freely available but in order to receive it you have to realize you are lost without it.

Topics: Order, Grace, Realizing

No one is saved by good works (Ephesians 2:8-9), but every Christian has been saved for good works (verse 10).

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Ephesians

As you read the Word of God today, read it with expectancy and anticipation for the changes it will make in you.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Church On Sunday

God is never early and never late.

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.82, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Late, Turning Points

Happiness is about what happens to you; and, to an extent, it's dependent on your circumstances, your behaviors, and your attitudes. But the joy of Christ is much, much bigger. The joy of Christ is about relationship with a person. It's something you have access to, but it's also something you must choose. Christian joy shows up not only in the happy times but also in times of trial and discouragement.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Christian, Attitude, Joy

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

When we take voice lessons from the Master, we learn to speak with tenderness.

Topics: Voice, Lessons, Speak

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.

source: - David Jeremiah (2016). “Your Daily Journey with God: 365 Daily Devotions”, p.123, NavPress

Topics: Promise, Spirit, Obstacles

The happiest people I know are those who have an obsession to the obedience of God.

Topics: Christian, People, Obsession

Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Christian Service

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.

Topics: Spiritual, Believe, Keys, Fruits Of The Spirit, Spiritual Life

Your heavenly home was bought for a price, and that payment results in a title deed that can never be lost through foreclosure.

Topics: Home, Titles, Deeds, Foreclosure, Heavenly Home

Delighting in God's Word leads us to delight in God, and delight in God drives away fear.

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.74, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Delight, Turning Points

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.

Topics: God, Religious, Regret, Don't Regret

The very thing that most qualifies us to pray is our helplessness.

source: - Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “The Prayer Matrix: Plugging into the Unseen Reality”, p.59, Multnomah

Topics: Praying, Helplessness

No Christian is abandoned at the moment of death. The angels are the ushers, and our passage to heaven is under their escort.

Topics: Inspirational, Death, Christian, Escorting

We can embrace change by knowing we serve an unchanging God.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Embrace Change

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Biblical Truth, Biblical Love

No one is going to be powerful in their ministry if they are hiding something that they are afraid people will find out at any moment.

Topics: Christian, Powerful, Hiding Something

We live under the sun, but our destiny is beyond its rising and setting.

source: - David Jeremiah (2004). “Searching for Heaven on Earth Journal: How to Find What Really Matters in Life”, p.20, Harper Collins

Topics: Destiny, Rising, Sun, Turning Points

If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions?

Topics: Uplifting, Would Be, Today, Encouraging Uplifting

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Walks Of Life

Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.

Topics: Encouragement, Opportunity, Giving

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

Topics: Jesus, Attitude, Word Of God

When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright.

Topics: Jesus, Giving, Earth

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

source: - David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, Thomas Nelson Inc

Topics: Body, Spirit, Christ, Turning Points, Body Of Christ

Trust is an act of the mind, while obedience is an act of the hands and feet.

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.67, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Hands, Feet, Mind, Hands And Feet

A willing heart is the first step in finding God's will in our lives. We cannot expect God to force us or to plead with us about the calling in our lives.

Topics: Life, Heart, Calling, God's Will, Finding God

Forgiveness prompted by love is the only way to repair the devastation that so often mars our relationships.

Topics: Wisdom, Love Is, Mars

When I put God first, God takes care of me and energizes me to do what really needs to be done.

source: - Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “Prayer, the Great Adventure”, p.97, Multnomah

Topics: Needs, Done, Care, God First, Put God First

Jesus is coming back - it could even be today.

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Today

In today's America He (Jesus) has moved from the central figure of world history to source material for late-night comics and pundits who would not dare treat other religious leaders with such disrespect.

Topics: Christian, Religious, Jesus

Love is worthless unless it acts out, unless it's expressed in deed and behavior.

Topics: Love, Christian, Deeds, Christian Love

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.

Topics: Angel, Accompany Us, Dwelling

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Lonely, God Loves You, So Lonely

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.

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Differences, Short Circuit

We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.

Topics: Christian, Wisdom, Church

Once we begin chasing approval, we never stop running. It's servitude to a thousand masters instead of one to please.

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.145, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Running, Approval, Masters

We are to extend forgiveness to others in the same way that God did to us: Unconditionally.

source: - Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “Prayer, the Great Adventure”, p.151, Multnomah

Topics: Forgiveness, Way

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.

Topics: Christian, Men, Sight

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

Topics: Prayer, Hard Work, Christianity

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

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

Against the backdrop of people who avoid work, cut corners, and do half-hearted jobs, a diligent man stands out. Practicing diligence is an excellent way to stand out for Christ at home, in the workplace, and even at church. Today, complete each one of your tasks, however big or small, with diligence.

Topics: Jobs, Home, Cutting, Backdrop, Church Today

When the peace of God follows the purity of God's wisdom into our hearts and lives, it will affect those around us.

source: - David Jeremiah (2015). “What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do”, p.170, David C Cook

Topics: Wisdom, Heart, Purity

God has given us His Word to assure us of our relationship with Him so that we may walk as Christians with confidence, knowing that our salvation is in Him.

Topics: Christian, Knowing, May

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

Topics: Christian, Loss, Principles

Love is not a feeling, love is a response. Love is an action.

Topics: Love Is, Feelings, Action

The Lord Jesus Christ is in a class all by Himself; there are no competitors, no rivals; He is unique. He is Lord of all. He is King of kings, Lord of lords, the image of the invisible God. He is Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Preeminent One.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Lord Jesus Christ, Alpha And Omega

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

Topics: God, Christian, Spiritual, Spiritual Truth

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.

Topics: Responsibility, Love Is, God Love

Before you begin your journey toward integrity, you need to determine your starting point. In other words, what's your integrity quotient? How much integrity do you have? Do a moral inventory of yourself. Hold yourself accountable going forward for what you say and do. Moving toward a more faithful, fair, and honest life begins with confronting truthfully who you are. You can't hold yourself accountable if you won't see yourself clearly.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Integrity, Moving, Journey

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Encouragement, Crave

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

source: - Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “Prayer, the Great Adventure”, p.148, Multnomah

Topics: Forgiveness, Jesus, Stress

But it's God who gives us the ability to do things, even to gain wealth; and we must remember that what we do is only successful when we do it - His Way.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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

Topics: Book, Names, Lambs, Book Of Life

If you face a challenging task from God today, ask yourself, "How would Jesus handle this?" Then go and do the same.

Topics: God, Christian, Wisdom

Too often we concentrate only on the things we can see now; but our focus should be on that place we can only envision, but will enjoy for all eternity.

Topics: Christian, Focus, Eternity

God has given us everything we need for life and godliness. And he's given us the indwelling strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The rest is up to us.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Spirit, Guidance, Holy, Godliness

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

Topics: Commitment, Destiny, Cost, Turning Points

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.

Topics: Christian, Heaven, Dresses, Theatrics

Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but it allows us to decide: Is this helpful? Does this need to be said now? What is the best way to say this?

Topics: Wisdom, Doe, Needs, Pausing

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.

Topics: Spiritual, Passion, Men

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

Topics: Jesus, Giving, Today

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

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.120, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Water, Mind, Body, Turning Points

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

Topics: God, Christian, Grace

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

Topics: Attitude, Pharisees, Traps

Worship seals all prayers at the front and at the back. Always pray with praise beginning and praise ending.

Topics: Christian, Prayer, Praying

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?'

Topics: Thinking, America, Drs, Jeremiah

If you're anxious about the state of the world, that's understandable. But trade your anxiety for the blessing of hearing the words of Scripture, keeping them in faith and obedience, and remembering the time is near.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

There are other kinds of joy found in other places in the world, but there is no place where you can find Christian joy except in Christ.

source: - David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.237, Thomas Nelson

Topics: Christian, Joy, World, Turning Points

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: Book, Home, Thinking, Heavenly Home

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.

source: - David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.52, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Topics: Heart, Blessing, Grace, Thankful Heart, Impart

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.

Topics: People, Church, Population

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Bends In The Road

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Dealing With It

Jesus says that those who live by God's forgiveness must imitate it. A person whose only hope is that God will not hold his faults against him forfeits his right to hold others' faults against them.

source: - Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “Prayer, the Great Adventure”, p.148, Multnomah

Topics: Forgiveness, Jesus, Faults

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.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Character, Biblical, Effort

God's Word will never fall into disrepair. But here's what happens when we don't travel on it: We fall into disrepair!

Topics: Fall, Happens

The Holy Spirit wants to convert the words of Scripture into transformed personalities.

Topics: Personality, Want, Scripture, Turning Points

We are God's productions, His compositions.

Topics: Composition, Productions

Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous.

source: - David Jeremiah (2001). “Escape the Coming Night”, p.236, Thomas Nelson Inc

Topics: Liars, Men, Hell

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.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

Parental love is unconditional, and so is God's love. No matter what a child of God has done against Him, or feels he or she has done that cannot be forgiven, God still loves that wondering soul.

Topics: Love, Christian, Children, Love No Matter What, Parental Love

Though it may seem overdue, righteousness is always rewarded. Don't be impatient with God. He'll never forget to reward your efforts for Him.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Overdue

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

Topics: Forever, Legacy, Oblivion

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.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Integrity, Mean, Sin

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?

source: - David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, Thomas Nelson

Topics: Writing, Numbers, Needs, Needs Of Others

Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.

Topics: Joy, Waiting, Thrill

We have nothing in our account but zeroes! And yet, because of His great love, God forgave us our astronomical debt.

Topics: Great Love, Debt, God Love

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.

Topics: Prayer, Adventure, Serious, Recourse

We are reflectors, and as reflectors we have one duty and that is to stay clean or we won't reflect Jesus.

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Clean

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".

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Jesus, Character, Spirit

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

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Years

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.

Topics: Mother, Prayer, Children

We are sometimes tempted to believe the lie that God does not love us. Thankfully the Bible is filled with evidence that this is not true.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious

Faith that is not evidenced by a life of integrity is not biblical faith at all.

source: - David Jeremiah (2015). “What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do”, p.112, David C Cook

Topics: Christian, Integrity, Biblical

It is possible to live the Christian life just on the surface, knowing only enough to carry on an intelligent conversation in the church foyer with another equally uninformed believer, but when that happens you are vulnerable to the attack of the deceiver.

Topics: Christian, Intelligent, Knowing, Uninformed, Intelligent Conversation

When Christ returns, and only then, will the angel's message to the shepherds be totally fulfilled: Peace on earth, goodwill toward men.

Topics: Christian, Angel, Men, Christs Return

Though not everyone can attend seminary, every Christian has a seminary between two covers - the Holy Bible. God's Word is a school that trains us for the work He has planned for us on earth.

Topics: God, Christian, Religious, Seminary, Holy Bible

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

Topics: Christian, Jesus, Life Changing

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

source: - David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

Topics: Prayer, Giving, Honest

It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared.

Topics: Omnipotence, Judging, Holiness