Neil T. Anderson Quotes

#1. Submitting to God requires us to deal with the sin in our lives. Sin

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#2. All Christians have their sins forgiven, but in most cases they are not experiencing revival.

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#3. The shift in my thinking began when I realized that truth sets us free and that Jesus is the truth. In

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#4. Believers have both the authority to do God's will because of their position in Christ, and the power to do God's will as long as they walk by the Spirit.

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#5. Being filled and led by the Spirit may take you places you never planned; but the will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.

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#6. When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.

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#7. The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.

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#8. Individuals and church bodies are often caught in the paralysis of analysis. We

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#9. We ask the following questions before we listen to gossip: What is your reason for telling me this? Where did you get your information? Have you gone directly to the source? Have you personally checked out all the facts? Can I quote you if I check this out?2

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#10. Being submissive does not mean that we don't give honest feedback.

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#11. The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will begin to reflect your true identity.

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#12. There are many ways to go wrong, but only one path leads back to God. There

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#13. When we expose the lie, the enemy's power is broken. Often

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#14. Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter; it's a truth encounter.

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#15. There are always a few sad souls who want to be king.

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#16. The most important belief we possess is a true knowledge of who God is.
The second most important belief is who we are as children of God, because we cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with how we perceive ourselves.

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#17. We already have all the power we need, because of our position in Christ.

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#18. We don't serve God to gain His acceptance; we are accepted so we serve God. We don't follow Him in order to be loved; we are loved so we follow Him.

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#19. The worst thing you can do for your loved one caught in alcoholism or addiction is to help the person continue in the deception that he or she is OK. Your best course of action is to speak the truth in love (see Eph. 4:15) and don't allow him or her to escape the consequences of wrong behavior.

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#20. I renounce all satanic assignments that are directed toward me and my ministry, and I cancel every curse that Satan and his workers have put on me ... I reject all other blood sacrifices whereby Satan may claim ownership of me.

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#21. Churches start looking for bodies to fill slots rather than spiritually alive saints to assume responsibility.

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#22. Faith is something you decide to do, not something you feel like doing." So

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#23. Aloneness can lead to loneliness. God's preventative for loneliness is intimacy - meaningful, open, sharing relationships with one another. In Christ we have the capacity for the fulfiling sense of belonging which comes from intimate fellowship with God and with other believers.

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#24. We can know all about God, but not know Him at all. We

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#25. Just because a pastor does well in one situation does not guarantee he or she will do well in another.

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#26. Having the right goal is essential for Christian education to be effective. According

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#27. Authority does not increase with volume. We

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#28. If God wants something done, can it be done? I am personally convinced that no goal God has for my life is impossible, uncertain, nor can it be blocked.

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#29. Moses never called for a committee when the Egyptians were breathing down his neck.

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#30. Our churches are being destroyed by gossip. What is it about us that wants to hear all the garbage?

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#31. A Christian is not simply a person who is forgiven and goes to heaven. A Christian, in terms of his or her deepest identity, is a saint, a spiritually born child of God, a divine masterpiece, a child of light, a citizen of heaven.

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#32. You can't bring an accusation against a pastor simply because you do not like him.

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#33. The major strategy of Satan is to distort the character of God and the truth of who we are. He can't change God and he can't do anything to change our identity and position in Christ. If, however, he can get us to believe a lie, we will live as though our identity in Christ isn't true.

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#34. The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you. I

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#35. Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD.

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#36. A growing church sees that the work of the ministry should be done by all

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#37. We shouldn't want demons to manifest. We should desire that the Lord be manifested and

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#38. Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.

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#39. I told my students that the greatest liability they will have is old saints who never matured,

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