Warren W. Wiersbe quotes:

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.

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.

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

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.

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.

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message.

People who walk by faith don't see obstacles, they see opportunities.

Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment.

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.

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.

Bumps are the things we climb on.

Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him.

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

Some of your greatest blessings come with patience.

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.

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.

Life is something like a doctor's prescription: taken alone, and the ingredients might kill you; but properly blended, they bring healing.

The only people who really think they have seen something new are those whose experience is limited or whose vision can't penetrate beneath the surface of things. Because something is recent, they think it is new; they mistake now the for originality.

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.

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

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.

A prophet weeps while others are laughing.

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

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

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

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.

Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time

Don't waste your sufferings.

Faithfulness in the small things will lead to blessing in the big things.

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.

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.

God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations.

God is more interested in the workman than in the work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill

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

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

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.

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.

If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

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.

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.

It is easy to make excuses when we ought to be making opportunities.

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.

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.

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.

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

Meekness is power under control.

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

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

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.

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.

No matter how much you may change or how life may change, God never changes, and His promises never fail.

Opportunities energize the faithful and paralyze the fearful.

Outlook determines outcome.

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.

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.

Remember, your worth is founded in Jesus Christ.

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

The bumps are what you climb on.

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.

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

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

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

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

The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.

The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy.

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

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

The way we behave toward people indicates what we really believe about God.

The world changes - circumstances change, we change - but God's Word never changes

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

We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.

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.

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.

What the majority calls "blessing" may actually be a judgment from God.

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

When God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way

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.

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

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

You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it's your turn.