Henry Blackaby Quotes & Sayings

God has a right to interrupt your life. He is Lord. When you accepted Him as Lord, you gave Him the right to help Himself to your life anytime He wants. — Henry Blackaby

You cannot stay where you are and go with God. You cannot continue doing things your way and accomplish God's purpose in His ways. Your thinking cannot come close to God's thoughts. For you to do the will of God, you must adjust your life to Him, His purposes, and His ways — Henry Blackaby

When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God. — Henry Blackaby

Revival is when God's people return to God and God returns to them, and everyone sees the difference. — Henry Blackaby

If you know that God loves you, you should never question a directive from Him. It will always be right and best. When He gives you a directive, you are not just to observe it, discuss it, or debate it. You are to obey it. — Henry Blackaby

Our difficulty is not that we don't know God's will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it. — Henry Blackaby

Because God wants to take you in ever-increasing measures to know Him. And the only way you can know Him is by experiencing Him. So He's going to ask you to go with Him in dimensions that require more faith and more activity than you have ever used before. Otherwise you will never grow in your faith in Him. The only way you can grow in your faith in Him is to accept the next assignment which is always greater than the previous one. Don't ever feel that you will get to the place where you'll never be scared half to death. — Henry Blackaby

Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us. — Henry Blackaby

God is always at work around you. — Henry Blackaby

Don't put labels on people. See them as people who Christ died for. — Henry Blackaby

Teach yourself to thankfully receive all that God gives you as evidence of His love and faithfulness, and then you'll find it easier to trust Him next time. — Henry Blackaby

The Christian never works toward victory, he always works FROM victory. — Henry Blackaby

People who make decisions based merely on what seems most advisable to them will inevitably choose something inferior to God's best. Jesus, the ultimate model for the Christian life, did not rely on His own best thinking, but depended completely on His heavenly Father for wisdom in everything. — Henry Blackaby

How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God. — Henry Blackaby

Spiritual leadership is moving people on to God's agenda. — Henry Blackaby

When God spoke to Moses and others in the Old Testament, those events were encounters with God. An encounter with Jesus was an encounter with God for the disciples. In the same way an encounter with the Holy Spirit is an encounter with God for you. — Henry Blackaby

Scripture is not a concept; scripture is a person (John 1:1,14). When you stand before the Word of God, you are not merely encountering a concept; you are standing face-to-face with God. — Henry Blackaby

We've got to have a deep, intimate relationship with the Father if we're going to lead like Jesus. — Henry Blackaby

To be loved by God is the highest relationship, the highest achievement, and the highest position in life. — Henry Blackaby

We were not saved from our sin simply so that we would qualify for heaven. God delivered us so we would have a relationship with Him through which He could carry out His mission to redeem a lost world. — Henry Blackaby

Prayer is designed to adjust you to God's will, not to adjust God to your will. — Henry Blackaby

When you meet opposition to your faith, your first reaction may be anger toward your antagonist. This may divert your attention from the deeper, spiritual dimensions of your conflict. Your adversary may be hopelessly in bondage to sin. Rather than retaliating, you should immediately and earnestly intercede for that person. Your opponent's hostility is your invitation to become involved in God's redemptive work to free him or her from spiritual bondage. Be alert to the spiritual warfare around you. — Henry Blackaby

It is impossible to worship God and remain unchanged — Henry Blackaby

It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's. — Henry Blackaby

Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ. — Henry Blackaby

God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church. — Henry Blackaby

Ultimately, leadership is more about 'being' than 'doing.' — Henry Blackaby

Revival is a divinely initiated work in which God's people pray, repent of their sin, and return to a holy, Spirit-filled, obedient, love-relationship with God. — Henry Blackaby

If the Christian does not know when God is speaking, he is in trouble at the heart of his Christian life! — Henry Blackaby

The Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world. — Henry Blackaby

Prayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses; they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God. — Henry Blackaby

Nothing is more pathetic than having a small character in a big assignment. Many of us don't want to give attention to our character, we just want the big assignment from God. — Henry Blackaby

If things are getting darker, the problem is with us. — Henry Blackaby

Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall? — Henry Blackaby

If you feel weak, limited, ordinary, you are the best material through which God can work. — Henry Blackaby

God is interested in developing your character. At times He lets you proceed, but He will never let you go too far without discipline to bring you back. In your relationship with God, He may let you make a wrong decision. Then the Spirit of God causes you to recognize that it is not God's will. He guides you back to the right path. — Henry Blackaby

God's commands are designed to guide you to life's very best. You will not obey Him, if you do not believe Him and trust Him. You cannot believe Him if you do not love Him. You cannot love Him unless you know Him. — Henry Blackaby

The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self. — Henry Blackaby

If we walk with Him closely today, we'll be in the center of His will tomorrow — Henry Blackaby

During true revival, thousands of lost people are suddenly swept into the Kingdom of God. Scenes of the lost coming to the Savior in great, and unprecedented numbers, are common. — Henry Blackaby

What an incredible witness it is to a lost and fearful society when the Christian acts like a child of God, living under the loving sovereignty of the Heavenly Father. — Henry Blackaby

We don't realise how much the world has affected us. We put God in the background. — Henry Blackaby

Watch to see where God is working and join Him in His work. — Henry Blackaby

Why is it that when we talk to God, it's called 'prayer,' but when God speaks to us, it's called schizophrenia? — Henry Blackaby

If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory. — Henry Blackaby

If you have been given a word from God, you must continue in that direction until it comes to pass (even twenty five years like Abraham). — Henry Blackaby

You cannot go with God and stay where you are. — Henry Blackaby

A test of your love for God is to examine your love for others. — Henry Blackaby

We should thank God for being with us, not ask Him to be with us (this is always given!). — Henry Blackaby

If you have trouble hearing God speak, you are in trouble at the very heart of your Christian experience. — Henry Blackaby

When we hear His call and respond accordingly, there will be no limit to what God can and will do through His people. But if we do not even recognize when He is speaking, we are in trouble at the very heart of our relationship to Him. — Henry Blackaby

All revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the "great fruit of revival." In times of revival, thousands may be found on their knees for hours, lifting up their heartfelt cries, with thanksgiving, to heaven. — Henry Blackaby

Our task is to relate our lives to God, and let Him work through us. — Henry Blackaby