Showing posts with label Warren Wiersbe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warren Wiersbe. Show all posts

Thursday, March 3, 2011

How You Shape Your Life

"Life is built on character, but character is built on decisions. The decisions you make, small and great, do to your life what the sculptor's chisel does to the block of marble. You are shaping your life by your thoughts, attitudes, and actions and becoming either more or less like Jesus."
- Warren W. Wiersbe

Source: Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being a Servant of God. Revised Edition. Baker Books, 2007: p. 47.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Joy and Fear

"The joy of the Lord grows primarily out of our relationship with Him, while the fear of the Lord grows out of our responsibility to Him. Joy and fear are neither enemies nor competitors; they're friends and allies."
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: 
Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 125.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Enemy's Favorite Tactic

"One of the enemy's favorite tactics is to question the Word of God and undermine your faith. 'Has God indeed said...' is his usual approach (Gen. 3:1). Satan knows that once you start questioning God's Word, the next step is to deny God's Word; and that opens the way for him to substitute one of his own lies."
- Warren Wiersbe


Source: 
Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 108.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Why We Read The Bible

"We don't read the Bible to mark 'precious promises,' although hundreds of them are there; nor do we read the Bible to understand 'Biblical doctrine,' although doctrine is essential. We read the Bible to get to know the heart and mind of God."
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: 
Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 105.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

God's Calling

"No matter what task He calls you to do, God will use them to help somebody if you do them in the power of the Spirit and for His glory. You may not even know about it! Bt you can trust your Father to see to it that nothing is ever wasted that is done in the will of God and for the love of God."
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: 

Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 101.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

True Humility

"Failure has a way of humbling us, but we've got to be sure we're experiencing true humility and not just punctured pride. Punctured pride says, 'How could this be happening to me?' while true humility says, 'I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.'"
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: 
Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 77.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Will of God

"Discovering the will of God is something like putting a picture puzzle together. God sees the complete picture because He painted it. Nobody has all the pieces of the puzzle, but as we talk and pray and meditate on the Word, each of us fits a piece into the puzzle. Gradually, we start to see the whole picture. Wanting to have our own way is like forcing a puzzle piece into the wrong place. It's dangerous to try to change a picture that God has already planned."
- Warren Wiersbe


Source: 
Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 67.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Character

"It's been said that people are like trees: the shadow of the tree is reputation, the fruit of the tree is personality, but the roots of the tree are the most important part—character.
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: 
Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 42.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

God's Weapons

"Christian service means invading a battleground, not a playground; and you and I are the weapons God uses to attack and defeat the enemy. When God used Moses' rod, He needed Moses' hand to lift it. When God used David's sling, He needed David's hand to swing it. When God builds a ministry, He needs somebody's surrendered body to get the job done."
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 40.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Distributing God's Resources

"The trouble with too many of us is that we think God called us to be manufacturers when He really called us to be distributors. He alone has the resources to meet human needs; all we can do is receive His riches and share them with others."
- Warren Wiersbe

Source: Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 5.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Ministry

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

Source: Wiersbe, Warren W. On Being A Servant of God. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Pg. 3.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Food for Thought...Literally

"Many people ask for God's blessing before they partake of a meal, but the Jews were instructed also to give thanks after the meal was eaten. 'When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you' (Deuteronomy 8:10). Why? The answer is in Deuteronomy 6:11-12: 'Then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the Lord.' When our blessings are more meaningful to us than the God who gave them, we've taken the first step toward idolatry. It delights the heart of God when His children are thankful for the Giver, and not just the gifts."
- Warren W. Wiersbe

Source: Wiersbe, Warren W. Bless You: Receiving and Sharing the Blessings of the Lord. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008. 16. Print.