Warren W. Wiersbe Quotes & Sayings

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

We can't depend upon our own rule, because we are weak and ignorant. And we can't depend too much on the rule of others, because they are as weak and ignorant as we are. The only thing we can depend on is the rule and reign of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. If He is on the throne of our lives, then we can face tomorrow with courage and confidence. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Never doubt in the darkness what God has told you in the light. — Warren W. Wiersbe

But it is not the length of life that counts - it is the depth and strength of life. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Right now, at this very moment, Jesus is preparing a place for His loyal subjects a home in heaven where their will be no more death, crying, or pain - a paradise where we will live with Him for eternity. He is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. Are you getting the picture yet? The evidence is clear, compelling and overwhelming: JESUS IS THE KING. — Warren W. Wiersbe

The snare in Christian work is to rejoice in successful service, to rejoice in the fact that God has used you. . . If you make usefulness the test, then Jesus Christ was the greatest failure that ever lived. The lodestar of the saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that counts, not what we do for Him.[27] — Warren W. Wiersbe

Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. — Warren W. Wiersbe

It has well been said that an opinion is something that you hold, but a conviction is something that holds you. Most of us have very few convictions, but the ones we do have are important to us. Convictions are the compasses of life - that keep us moving in the right direction. They are the foundation stones that help us to stand firm when everything around us is shaking and changing. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Nearly twenty years before, Hudson Taylor had written in an editorial: "All God's giants have been weak men, who did great things for God because they reckoned on His being with them." As he looked at himself, Hudson Taylor saw nothing but weakness; but as generations of Christians have studied Taylor's life, they have become acquainted with a man who dared to believe the Word of God and, by faith, carried the gospel to inland China - and saw God work wonders! "Want of trust is at the root of almost all our sins and all our weaknesses," he wrote in that same editorial, "and how shall we escape it but by looking to Him and observing His faithfulness. The man who holds God's faithfulness will not be foolhardy or reckless, but he will be ready for every emergency. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time — Warren W. Wiersbe

If your life is broken right now, be encouraged that God knows what is going on in your life and will restore you. Until He does, rejoice in Him and praise His name. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

It is impossible to stand still in Christian life and service, for when you stand still, you immediately start going backward. "Let us go on!" is God's challenge to His church (Heb. 6:1), and that means moving ahead into new territory. — Warren W. Wiersbe

we must be careful what we do with this gospel, for it is not the invention of men, but the very truth of God. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him. — Warren W. Wiersbe

When we walk by faith, we live on promises, not on explanations. — Warren W. Wiersbe

God is more interested in the workman than in the work. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Do you desire to be nearer to God today? Fill your mind with the truth of the Word and your heart with prayer, and trust God to take care of you. — Warren W. Wiersbe

You are writing a gospel, A chapter each day, By the deeds that you do And the words that you say. Men read what you write, Whether faithful or true: Just what is the gospel According to you? - SOURCE UNKNOWN — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

Before we can minister to others, we must permit God to minister to us. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Above all, joy should come from the true story of the joyful God bringing salvation to sinners so they could become His children. — Warren W. Wiersbe

The person whose happiness depends on ideal circumstances is going to be miserable much of the time. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

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

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

The believer who harbors bitterness and malice in his heart is giving Satan one of his most effective beachheads! These — Warren W. Wiersbe

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 — Warren W. Wiersbe

If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

Principles are like rocks, and methods are like rivers; together they get the job done. — Warren W. Wiersbe

God helps us in the obstacles of life. When you turn your obstacles over to the Lord, He acts. What will He do? Sometimes He overcomes the obstacles. God is with us in the hopeless places. How hopeless the Israelites were at the Red Sea! The enemy soldiers were behind them; the wilderness was around them; the sea was in front of them. But God opened a way to escape. Sometimes God removes the obstacles - the "hills" and the "mountains." He just makes them skip and run away like animals. He also can turn the obstacles into blessings. He "turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters" (v. 8). If God doesn't overcome or remove your obstacle, let Him turn it into a blessing. — Warren W. Wiersbe

At times God permits His children to experience darkness on a dead-end street where they don't know which way to turn. When this happens, wait for the Lord to give you light in His own time. Don't try to manufacture your own light or to borrow light from others. Follow the wise counsel of Isaiah: "Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon his God" (Isa. 50:10 NKJV). — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

A temptation is Satan's cheap substitute for the real gifts from heaven the Father has given us. — Warren W. Wiersbe

God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations. — Warren W. Wiersbe

The Submissive Mind (Phil. 2). This chapter focuses on people, and the key verse says, "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better [more important] than themselves" (v. 3). In chapter 1, Paul puts Christ first. In this chapter, he puts others second. Which means he puts himself last! The reason people aggravate us so much is usually because we do not have our own way. If we go through life putting ourselves first, and others go through life putting themselves first, then at many points there are going to be terrific battles. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

At least in the world we know, it takes trials to make something beautiful and useful out of the raw materials of life. The student's struggle with truth develops his intelligence; the athlete's struggle with his records and his opponents helps to develop his muscles and coordination; the musician's struggle with more difficult pieces develops his playing skill; and the soul's struggle with the trials of life helps to build character. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Wisdom will guide us and guard us in our daily walk. — Warren W. Wiersbe

It is easy to make excuses when we ought to be making opportunities. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

The world changes - circumstances change, we change - but God's Word never changes — Warren W. Wiersbe

When you find yourself sinking in the quicksand, there is little else you can do but cry to the Lord. Sometimes He allows the "quicksand" experiences to turn you to Him. Wait for God. Acknowledge that He is in control. Give Him the pieces of your broken heart and watch Him work for you. You can depend on His faithfulness. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out. — Warren W. Wiersbe

What the majority calls "blessing" may actually be a judgment from God. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

The words of Jim Elliot were true: He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. — Warren W. Wiersbe

When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Faith in God's promises is the only way to find peace in the midst of trouble. "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You" (26:3 NKJV). — Warren W. Wiersbe

Don't waste time and energy being an imitation. Let God make you into an original. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

That this complex universe should appear by accident out of nothing from a "big bang" is as probable as the works of Shakespeare resulting from an explosion in a printing plant. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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 — Warren W. Wiersbe

What does it mean to walk by faith? It means to obey God's Word in spite of the feelings within us, the circumstances around us, and the consequences before us. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

As long as you're delivering God's message, don't worry about how old you are. When you open that Bible, you're over two thousand years old! — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

The way to God was opened, not by the life of Jesus or the example of Jesus, not even by the teaching of Jesus, but by the death of Jesus on the cross. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. ... " (1 Peter 3:18). — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Leaders must learn to obey before they have the privilege of asking others to obey them. — Warren W. Wiersbe

God has not forsaken you, and God will not forsake you. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Divine truth becomes dynamic life only when we yield to Jesus by faith and follow Him. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

People still ask questions and hope the answers will be what they think they already know. They need to pray this prayer by an anonymous believer: From the cowardice that shrinks from new truths, From the laziness that is content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of truth, deliver us! — Warren W. Wiersbe

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). — Warren W. Wiersbe

If we are to conquer the enemy and claim our inheritance in Christ, we must have spiritual strength and spiritual courage. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Am I conducting myself in a manner worthy of the gospel? is a good question for us to ask ourselves regularly. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Religion is man's attempt to make peace with God on his own terms. Redemption is God's offer of peace through Jesus Christ. But this is "peace through the blood of His cross" (Col. 1:20). — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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. — Warren W. Wiersbe

I have thanked Him for it," she wrote to her sisters, "more than I have prayed about it. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Why does God permit difficulties to come to our lives? Sometimes He has to break us before He can make us. Sometimes He has to reveal to us what we're really like before He can make us into what He wants us to be. — Warren W. Wiersbe

God's purpose in providence is not to make us comfortable, but to make us conformable, — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

In marriage, "two become one," and this miracle must never be forgotten. Marriage means that a man and a woman must no longer say "mine" and "yours"; they should say only "ours." If one of them has a ministry, they both have a ministry, whether the other one accepts it or not. Marriage isn't a fifty-fifty partnership; it's a 100 percent stewardship in which each mate lives for the other and both live for the Lord. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Yield your heart and life to Jesus Christ. Be faithful to Him, no matter what men may do. The important thing is not the praise of men; it is the approval of God. — Warren W. Wiersbe