Bruce H. Wilkinson > Quotes

“Not surprisingly, the place we're most likely to experience testing is exactly where we struggle most to trust God.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, The Dream Giver

“The single best way to develop leaders . . . is to take people out of their safe environment and away from the people they know, and throw them into a new arena they know little about. Way over their head, preferably. In fact, the more demanding their challenges, the more pressure and risk they face, the more likely a dynamic leader will emerge.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, The Dream Giver

“In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, He asks us to be strong and take courage. What is courage? As Ordinary discovered, courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it's choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can't have genuine courage.”
― Bruce Wilkinson

“courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it’s choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can’t have genuine courage. When you do act in courage, you discover that fear doesn’t have to stop you. You see that what you thought were your limits are more like starting points.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“Keep your eyes on Christ, not the circumstances you find yourself in or the feelings you are experiencing.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, You Were Born for This: Seven Keys to a Life of Predictable Miracles

“Your Father knows your gifts, your hindrances, and the condition you're in at every moment. And He also knows something you can't possibly know--every single person who's in desperate need of receiving His touch through you.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. (1 Chronicles 4:9-10)”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“Most of us think our lives are too full already. But when, in faith, you start to pray for more ministry, amazing things occur. As your opportunities expand, your ability and resources supernaturally increase, too. Right away you’ll sense the pleasure God feels in your request and His urgency to accomplish great things through you.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“Ask,” promised Jesus, “and it will be given to you” (Matthew 7:7). “You do not have because you do not ask,” said James (James 4:2). Even though there is no limit to God’s goodness, if you didn’t ask Him for a blessing yesterday, you didn’t get all that you were supposed to have.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“Simply put, God favors those who ask. He holds back nothing from those who want and earnestly long for what He wants.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“He peered up the ladder. In his young imagination, it must have reached the clouds. ”
― Bruce Wilkinson

“God didn’t want me to do more for Him. He wanted me to be more with Him.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, Secrets of the Vine: Breaking Through to Abundance

“The Bible wasn’t given for our information but for our transformation.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, The Seven Laws of the Learner: How to Teach Almost Anything to Practically Anyone

“The only thing that can break the cycle of abundant living is sin. Sin breaks the flow of God’s power.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“If the truth has already transformed the teacher, then the truth has a far greater chance of transforming the students.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, The Seven Laws of the Learner: How to Teach Almost Anything to Practically Anyone

“O God and King, please expand my opportunities and my impact in such a way that I touch more lives for Your glory. Let me do more for You!”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“The most effective war against sin is to pray that we will not have to fight.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“You see, every Big Dream is initially way beyond your abilities and experience. We all feel Unworthy and Unable to do a Big Dream. But the Bible says, “God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.”2 God purposely picks Unworthy and Unable Dreamers like you and me!”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“Our heavenly Father never takes anything from His children unless He means to give them something better.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“When we ask for God’s blessing, we’re not asking for more of what we could get for ourselves.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“The journey to your big dream”
― bruce wilkinson

“A Big Dream always seems overwhelming at first. Ultimately, a Big Dream is aimed at meeting a Big Need in the world. While you still have breath, it’s never too late to act on your Dream!”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“The better you understand the journey to your Dream and what God is doing in your life, the less likely you are to abandon your Dream.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“As God’s chosen, blessed sons and daughters, we are expected to attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed…unless God steps in.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life

“it’s only when we are self-conscious rather than other-conscious that we become so very nervous. When we focus on serving our audience, then the Lord is free to use us.”
― Bruce Wilkinson, The Seven Laws of the Learner: How to Teach Almost Anything to Practically Anyone

“What people would you identify as valuable Buddies in your life today?”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“It’s not easy to stand up against those we love and care about. The urge to be well-liked and admired by others is deeply rooted in our nature. Yet since almost every Dream is rejected by at least one strong Bully, especially in the early stages, you will face a choice. You must decide who you want to please more—your Border Bullies or God.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“It was hard to leave my Comfort Zone. But it would have been even harder to leave behind my Dream, and I’m glad I didn’t.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“Are you doing what you’ve always wished you could be doing?”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny

“la gente que verdaderamente está bendecida va por ahí bendiciendo a otros.”
― Bruce H. Wilkinson, La Oracion de Jabes para Jovenes