Top 100 Warren W. Wiersbe Quotes
#1. Left to itself, a heart will run riot with sin. But if a heart responds to the ministry of the Word, there can be fruit and beauty.
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#2. But suffering does not automatically bring glory to God and blessing to God's people. Some believers have fainted and fallen in times of trial and have brought shame to the name of Christ. It is only when we depend on the grace of God that we can glorify God in times of suffering.
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#3. If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill
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#4. 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.
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#5. Hezekiah reigned forty-two years and was one of Judah's greatest kings (2 Kings 18 - 20; 2 Chron. 29 - 32). He not only strengthened the city of Jerusalem and the nation of Judah, but led the people back to the Lord. He built the famous water system that still exists in Jerusalem.
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#6. 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.
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#7. Reputation is what people think we are; character is what God and the holy angels know we are.
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#8. The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.
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#9. 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.
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#10. 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.
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#11. Never doubt in the darkness what God has told you in the light.
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#12. God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations.
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#13. The end result of all Bible study is worship, and the end result of all worship is service to the God we love.
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#14. 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.
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#15. 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.
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#16. 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.
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#17. If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.
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#18. The world changes - circumstances change, we change - but God's Word never changes
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#19. Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.
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#20. You can never give another person that which you have found, but you can make him homesick for what you have.
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#21. God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.
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#22. Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.
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#24. we must be careful what we do with this gospel, for it is not the invention of men, but the very truth of God.
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#25. Am I conducting myself in a manner worthy of the gospel? is a good question for us to ask ourselves regularly.
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#26. 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.
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#27. As you study the book of Isaiah, you will discover that the prophet interspersed messages of hope with words of judgment. God remembers His mercy even when declaring His wrath (Hab. 3:2), and He assures His people that they have a "hope and a future" (Jer. 29:11 NIV).
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#28. Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.
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#29. 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.
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#30. To "have the mind of Christ" means to look at life from the Savior's point of view, having His values and desires in mind. It means to think God's thoughts and not think as the world thinks.
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#31. It was the evangelicals who led the fight against slavery, child labor, poor factory conditions, and the abuse of the poor and the insane. Much of what we value in modern social legislation, and perhaps take for granted, grew out of the ministry of Wesley and Whitefield and their successors.
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#32. Unless we go back to the cross, we can't go forward in our Christian life.
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#33. A little boy was leading his sister up a mountain path and the way was not too easy. "Why, this isn't a path at all," the little girl complained. "It's all rocky and bumpy." And her brother replied, "Sure, the bumps are what you climb on." That's a remarkable piece of philosophy.
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#34. The secret is this: When you have the single mind, you look on your circumstances as God-given opportunities for the furtherance of the gospel, and you rejoice at what God is going to do instead of complaining about what God did not do.
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#35. When God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way
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#36. The cross was a divine assignment, not a human accident; it was a God-given obligation, not a human option.
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#37. One thing about change hasn't changed: it still fascinates some people, frightens others, and provides a good living for a prophetic minority.
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#39. 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.
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#40. Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
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#42. Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.
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#43. Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things.
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#44. 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.
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#45. 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.
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#46. 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.
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#47. His faith was in the Lord. He looked back without regret; he looked around without fear; and he looked ahead without doubt or apprehension because he trusted in Jesus Christ.
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#48. 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.
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#49. The secret of a happy life is to delight in duty. When duty becomes delight, then burdens become blessings
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#50. But the Christian with the submissive mind does not expect others to serve him; he serves others. He considers the good of others to be more important than his own plans and desires.
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#51. God does not reveal His will to those who are curious. He reveals His will to those who are obedient. God guides those who are concerned about His glory.
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#52. Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.
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#53. A temptation is Satan's cheap substitute for the real gifts from heaven the Father has given us.
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#54. Hope means hoping when things are hopeless or it is no virtue at all. It is only when things are hopeless that hope begins to be a strength (G. K. Chesterton). Hope is an undefeated forward look.
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#55. Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences.
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#57. Jesus asked the Father for his disciples' security, sanctity and unity. Jesus still intercedes for us so fervently because we live in a world that is deceived, dangerous, defiled and divided.
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#58. Don't test God's truth by the "many books" written by men; test men's books by the truth of God's Word. Yes,
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#59. Daily I have asked Him to feed me from His Word, and there has always been bread in the cupboard.
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#60. When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions.
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#61. We cannot learn patience by reading a book or hearing a lecture. The only way we can learn patience is by going through the trials that God assigns to us. The trials of life are the tools God uses to mature us, to build our faith, and to get us to trust the Spirit and not the flesh.
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#62. What we are is God's gift to us. What we do with our lives is our gift to Him. He accepts us as we are. He's not going to judge us on the basis of what He has given someone else, but on the basis of what we have done with what He has given us. Never be discouraged by what you don't have. Having
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#63. Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory.
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#64. The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us.
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#65. If we are really constrained by love, then we see every lost sinner we meet - including those who persecute us - as candidates for the new creation.
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#66. God's grace is greater than man's sin and can accomplish God's best even when men do their worst.
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#67. We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.
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#68. Satan is a destroyer and a divider when it comes to the church; but in his own kingdom, he is very well organized.
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#69. Big is beautiful" may be a clever slogan, but God still asks, "Who dares despise the day of small things?" (Zech.4:10)...A few loaves and fishes fed thousands. Little is much if God is in it.
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#70. Your . . . sermon lasts but an hour or two - your life preaches all the week.
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#71. The believer who harbors bitterness and malice in his heart is giving Satan one of his most effective beachheads! These
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#72. It is easy to make excuses when we ought to be making opportunities.
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#73. The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.
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#74. Grace is simply the undeserved favor of God. You can't earn it, buy it, or work for it. You can only receive grace as a gift.
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#75. The virgin birth of Christ is a key doctrine; for if Jesus Christ is not God come in sinless human flesh, then we have no Savior. Jesus had to be
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#76. Paul did not begin by attacking the false teachers and their doctrines. He began by exalting Jesus Christ and showing His preeminence in five areas: the gospel message, redemption, creation, the church, and Paul's own ministry.
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#77. I have thanked Him for it," she wrote to her sisters, "more than I have prayed about it.
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#78. 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.
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#79. Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.
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#80. 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.
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#82. You feel like quitting, like giving up. You can't understand why the road doesn't get easier, why God doesn't remove the stones and straighten the path. If God did that, you might never get to the top, because the bumps are what you can climb on.
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#83. 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.
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#84. 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.
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#85. True saving faith involves "the whole personality": the mind is instructed, the emotions are stirred, and the will then acts in obedience to God.
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#86. This introduces a second reason why we must know who God is and what His name is: We were created to worship and glorify Him.
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#87. 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.
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#88. The blessings God gives us must in turn become blessings to others, because Christians are supposed to be channels, not reservoirs. To receive God's blessings and then selfishly keep them is to violate one of the basic principles of the Christian life.
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#89. But it is not the length of life that counts - it is the depth and strength of life.
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#90. Bertrand Russell claimed that "at least half the sins of mankind" were caused by the fear of boredom.
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#91. It's not your boasting but your believing that gives you the victory and gains you new territory. Sometimes those who talk the most accomplish the least.
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#92. Don't waste time and energy being an imitation. Let God make you into an original.
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#93. God would rather have His people living in shameful captivity in a pagan land than living like pagans in the Holy Land and disgracing His name.
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#94. A faithful parent must discipline his children. It is not enough to teach them and be an example before them; he must also punish them when they rebel and refuse to obey.
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#95. Some of this occurred when God defeated Assyria and delivered Jerusalem (Isa. 37). But the ultimate fulfillment is still future; all military material will be destroyed (9:5) because the nations will not learn war any more (2:4).
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#96. No matter how we or others may evaluate what we do, ministry that's based on biblical principles will meet human needs and glorify God.
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#97. Divine truth becomes dynamic life only when we yield to Jesus by faith and follow Him.
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#98. 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
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#99. The secret of Caleb's life is found in a phrase that's repeated six times in Scripture: He wholly followed the LORD God of Israel
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#100. Before we can minister to others, we must permit God to minister to us.
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