Be Successful (1 Samuel) Quotes

“When we walk by sight, we calculate everything from the human perspective, and this always leads to discouragement; but when we walk by faith, God comes into the equation, and that changes the results.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“What an example Hannah is in her praying! It was a prayer born out of sorrow and suffering, but in spite of her feelings, she laid bare her soul before the Lord. It was a prayer that involved submission, for she presented herself to the Lord as His handmaiden, to do whatever He wanted her to do (see Luke 1:48). It was a prayer that also involved sacrifice, because she vowed to give her son back to the Lord, to be a Nazirite (Num. 6) and serve the Lord all his life.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“David did not take matters into his own hands. Instead, he submitted himself to the Lord and His timing. David knew that God would deal with Saul, and he needed to just wait on the Lord.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“To know God’s will and deliberately disobey it is to put ourselves above God and therefore become our own god. This is the vilest form of idolatry (p. 95)”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“Serving God acceptably involves doing the will of God in the right way, at the right time, and for the right motive” (p. 92).”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“It’s an awesome fact that, humanly speaking, the future of the nation rested with this godly woman’s prayers, and yet, how much in history has depended on the prayers of suffering and sacrificing people, especially mothers (p. 20).”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“There’s so much treachery, bloodshed, and confusion recorded in 1 Samuel that it’s refreshing to meet at the very beginning of the book a woman who represents the very best that God has to give. The leaders of Israel had failed, so God sought out a woman He could use to help bring truth, peace, and order to His people. She served God simply by being a woman and doing what only a woman could do—give birth to a baby and dedicate that child to the Lord.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“Hannah went to the place of worship with a broken heart, but the Lord gave her peace because she prayed and submitted to His will.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“As God’s people walk on this earth and walk in the light, the Lord will guard and guide their steps, but the wicked will walk in spiritual darkness because they depend on their own wisdom and strength. It may seem that the wicked “have it made,” but one day the storm of God’s wrath will burst upon them in fierce judgment. God is long-suffering with those who resist Him, but their day is coming.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“She expressed her anguish only to the Lord, and she didn’t create problems for the family by disputing with Peninnah. In everything she said and did, Hannah sought to glorify the Lord.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“History is His story.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“What are all histories but God manifesting Himself,”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“Did we in our own strength confide, Our striving would be losing, Were not the right Man on our side, The Man of God’s own choosing: Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He; Lord Sabaoth, His name, From age to age the same, And He must win the battle.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“The books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles record many sins and failures on the part of God’s people, but they also remind us that God is on the throne, and when He isn’t allowed to rule, He overrules. He is the Lord of Hosts, and His purposes will be accomplished.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“Actually, success is a by-product. “Try not to become a man of success,” wrote Albert Einstein, “but rather try to become a man of value.” Values involve character, which is why Theodore Roosevelt said, “The chief factor in any man’s success or failure must be his own character.” Eli, the priest, and Saul, the king, both had reputations; but David had character. His character and skills were developed in private before they were demonstrated in public.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“a man of godly character, a man after God’s own heart who trusted the Lord and submitted to His will. David understood that God alone was in control of his life. And God honored David’s character with great success.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“David was a man of godly character who did not take matters into his own hands. Instead, he submitted to the Lord. He said, “Who can lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless? As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him; either his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed” (1 Sam. 26:9–11 NIV). Even under immense pressure and given an ideal situation to end Saul’s rampage, David showed the godly character of a spiritual leader: the character of a king.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“What is this leadership test? It’s a test of submission, and it revolves around one question: “Will I submit to authority?” Why is this test so critical? Because the willingness to submit to authority reveals a person’s true character, and I believe that successful spiritual leadership is all about character.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy

“Action without promises is presumption, not faith, but when you have God’s promises, you can go forward with confidence.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy