Quotes by Warren Wiersbe

Warren Wiersbe (1929–2019) — Pastor, Bibellehrer und Autor · evangelikal · USA

Warren Wiersbe war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Bibellehrer und Autor, der unter anderem die Moody Church in Chicago leitete und als Rundfunkprediger wirkte. Er vertrat eine dispensationalistisch geprägte Schriftauslegung und wurde vor allem durch seine mehr als 150 Bücher, darunter die praxisnahe „BE“-Kommentarreihe, bekannt. Bibellesern bieten seine Auslegungen bis heute einen leicht verständlichen und seelsorgerlich orientierten Zugang zu den biblischen Texten.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Service & Love of Neighbour, Faith & Trust, Guidance & God's Will, Courage & Strength, Discipleship, Grief & Comfort, Love, Wisdom & Understanding

Quotes by Warren Wiersbe

Idolaters worship gods they can carry; Christians worship a God who carries them.
Warren Wiersbe

A broken heart is not healed with logic; it is healed with love.
Warren Wiersbe

The past should be a rudder to guide us, not an anchor to hold us back.
Warren Wiersbe

When God puts his own into the furnace, his eye is on the clock and his hand is on the thermostat.
Warren Wiersbe

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

The best way to help deeply wounded people is simply to be with them, to say little or nothing, and to let them know that you share their sorrow.
Warren Wiersbe

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

God can grow a mushroom overnight, but he takes much longer with an oak or a redwood.
Warren Wiersbe

It is never too late to begin again with God.
Warren Wiersbe

Before God changes our circumstances, he wants to change our hearts.
Warren Wiersbe

When God goes to war, he chooses the seemingly most unsuitable soldiers, equips them with the most unusual weapons, and achieves the most unpredictable results with them.
Warren Wiersbe

When God gives us a task, He also gives the strength to carry it out.
Warren Wiersbe

If we are given mocking names because we honor the name of Jesus, let us wear them like medals and go on glorifying Him.
Warren Wiersbe

God does not give us joy instead of sorrow or joy despite sorrow, but joy in the midst of sorrow.
Warren Wiersbe

Nothing given to Jesus in faith and love is ever wasted.
Warren Wiersbe

The best way to help hurting and discouraged people is to listen to them with your heart, not just your ears.
Warren Wiersbe

The future is our friend when Jesus Christ is our Lord, and we need not be afraid.
Warren Wiersbe

If God does not see fit to remove our burdens, he always gives us the strength to carry them.
Warren Wiersbe

The local church is espoused to Christ, but there is always the danger of that love growing cold. Like Martha, we can be so busy working for Christ that we have no time to love Him. Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him. Labor is no substitute for love. To the public, the Ephesian church was successful; to Christ, it had fallen.
Warren Wiersbe

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

Let God be the Judge. Your job today is to be a witness.
Warren Wiersbe

God shakes things so that wise people can tell the temporal from the eternal, the scaffolding from the building, and then build on what is eternal and cannot be shaken.
Warren Wiersbe

A wise counselor and comforter must listen with the heart and respond to feelings as much as to words.
Warren Wiersbe

If God calls you, believe what He says and obey Him. You may not feel adequate for it, but your sufficiency comes from God, not from yourself.
Warren Wiersbe

You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it’s your turn.
Warren Wiersbe

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

A judge imposes a penalty on a criminal to satisfy the law; but a father disciplines his child to shape the child's character and to show him his love.
Warren Wiersbe

Sin promises freedom, but brings slavery.
Warren Wiersbe

Whoever builds his life on an unstable foundation invites constant unrest and disappointment as permanent guests, but building on an eternal and unchanging foundation guarantees peace and confidence.
Warren Wiersbe

If we fear God, we need fear nothing else.
Warren Wiersbe

The will of God is not a self-service restaurant where we can pick out whatever we want.
Warren Wiersbe

Never underestimate the power of God's grace.
Warren Wiersbe

When God wants to do something truly great, He doesn't send an army—He sends an angel.
Warren Wiersbe

God will accomplish His purposes with us or in spite of us.
Warren Wiersbe

If we only receive, we gradually become like cisterns whose water soon grows stale and polluted. But if we both receive and give, we become channels; then the blessing passed on to others flows back into our own life.
Warren Wiersbe

My fear is that today's church suffers from too many celebrities and too few servants.
Warren Wiersbe

The right words, spoken with the right motives at the right time, can bring about tremendous changes in another person's life.
Warren Wiersbe

Beware of asking God to tell others what they lack, if you are not willing to let him show you where you fall short.
Warren Wiersbe

If you want to encourage hurting, suffering people, you must try to see things through their eyes. You must be humble enough to admit that there may be other viewpoints than your own.
Warren Wiersbe

It is possible to stand outside the will of God and yet have the impression that circumstances are developing favorably.
Warren Wiersbe

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