Pearls

Warren Wiersbe

An unforgiving spirit is the devil’s playground, and before long it becomes the Christian’s battlefield.

True fasting will lead to humility before God and ministry to others. We deprive ourselves so that we might share with others and do so for the glory of God.

False teaching is like yeast: it enters secretly, grows quickly, and permeates completely. The best time to attack false doctrine is at the beginning before it has a chance to spread.

What life does to us depends on what life finds in us, and we don’t always know the condition of our own hearts.

Faith is not mental assent to a body of doctrines, no matter how true those doctrines may be. Faith is not emotional concern. Faith is commitment to Jesus Christ.

Discouragement isn’t inevitable in the Christian life, but we must remember that we can’t have mountains without valleys.

Discipline is to the believer what exercise and training are to the athlete; it enables us to run the race with endurance and reach the assigned goal.

Church discipline is not a policeman’s finding a culprit and throwing him in jail. Church discipline is a broken hearted shepherd’s finding a wayward sheep, weeping, praying, and trying to restore him.

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 invites us to wider horizons.

True contentment comes from godliness in the heart, not wealth in the hand. A person who depends on material things for peace and assurance will never be satisfied.

Before God changes our circumstances, He wants to change our hearts. If our circumstances change for the better, but we remain the same, then we will become worse.

When the church is least like the world, it does the most for the world.

Life is built on character, and character is built on decisions. But decisions are based on values, and values must be accepted by faith.

Character is the raw material of life, out of which we either by diligence construct a temple or by negligence create a trash heap.

Character means living your life before God, fearing only Him and seeking to please Him alone, no matter how you feel or what others may say or do.

Ronald Reagan

“I noticed that everyone that’s for abortion has been born”.

“There are two pets every Christian family should have: bear and forbear”

Oswald Chambers

“Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline”.

Seen somewhere

“Luck is the residue of design”.

“Design is the disguise of function”.

C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis says that a person who is determined to ignore God’s voice will follow this advice: “Avoid silence, avoid solitude, avoid any train of thought that leads off the beaten track. Concentrate on money, sex, status, health, and (above all) your own grievances. Keep the radio on. Live in a crowd”.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

”In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away”.

Trials

“God had one Son without sin, but He never had a son without trial” (Spurgeon).

Freedom

Freedom is life controlled by truth and motivated by love (W. Wiersbe).

Gifts/Character

In his book The Next Generation Leader, Andy Stanley said, “Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you.”

Purity
“Purity of heart is to will one thing” (Soren Kierkegaard).