Be Strong (Joshua) Quotes

“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, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“When you walk by faith, you will claim all that God has for you, but unbelief is always content to settle for something less than God’s best.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Divine sovereignty is not a substitute for human responsibility.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“To serve God means to fear Him, obey Him, and worship only Him. It means to love Him and fix your heart upon Him, obeying Him because you want to and not because you have to.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here” (Ex. 33:15 NKJV). The”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Either we believe in a God who can do anything, or we must accept a Christian faith that’s non-miraculous; and that does away with the inspiration of the Bible, the virgin birth, and the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“When God’s people are obeying God’s will, everything in the universe works for them, even “the stars in their courses” (Judg. 5:20).”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“If you make a mistake, admit it, and then make your mistake work for you!”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“God sees our hearts and knows whether we are really serious about obeying Him.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Satan is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44), and human nature is such that many people find it easier to tell lies than the truth.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Life, like war, is a series of mistakes, and he is not the best Christian nor the best general who makes the fewest false steps. Poor mediocrity may secure that; but he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes; organize victory out of mistakes.1”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Prov. 16:18 NKJV).”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“If we keep God’s Word before our eyes, we won’t start looking in the wrong direction and doing the wrong things”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth” (Col. 3:1–2 NKJV).”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Since great victories can lead to great pride, God allows us to be tested in order to remind us to depend on Him.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“We never stand still in the Christian life; we either move forward in faith or go backward in unbelief.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“The world was never conquered by intrigue; it was conquered by faith.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“True saving faith involves “the whole personality”: the mind is instructed, the emotions are stirred, and the will then acts in obedience to God.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“If we are to conquer the enemy and claim our inheritance in Christ, we must have spiritual strength and spiritual courage.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Real leaders don’t use people to build their authority; they use their authority to build people.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Someone has said that experience is a tough teacher because it always gives the exam first and teaches the lesson afterward. If we turn our mistakes into mirrors, we’ll see only ourselves, and this will make us miserable. But if by faith we turn our mistakes into windows, we’ll see the Lord and get the strength we need to try again.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“To think you’re a leader because you attended a seminar is as dangerous as thinking you’re an athlete because you watched the Olympics on television.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Of itself, suffering doesn’t make people better. Sometimes it makes them bitter. But when suffering is mixed with faith and God’s grace, then it becomes a wonderful tool for building godly character (2 Cor. 12:1–10). If suffering alone gave people wisdom and character, then our world would be a far better place, because everybody suffers in one way or another. When we accept our suffering as a gift from God and use it for His glory, then it can work in us and for us to accomplish the will of God.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“When we suffer in the will of God and depend on His grace, that suffering has a maturing and purifying effect on our lives. Sadly, we have too many leaders today who proudly display their medals, but they can’t show you any scars.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Faith can never be satisfied with anything short of the true position and portion of God’s people,” wrote C. H. Mackintosh in his Notes on Numbers. “An undecided, half-and-half Christian is more inconsistent than an open, out-and-out worldling or infidel.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“It’s not your boasting but your believing that gives you the victory and gains you new territory. Sometimes those who talk the most accomplish the least.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“The secret of Caleb’s life is found in a phrase that’s repeated six times in Scripture: “He wholly followed the LORD God of Israel”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“The will of God comes from the heart of God (Ps. 33:11), and He delights to make it known to His children when He knows they are humble and willing to obey. We don’t seek God’s will like customers who look at options but like servants who listen for orders.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“God’s people live on promises and not on explanations. When you trust God’s promises and step out by faith (v. 3), you can be sure that the Lord will give you the directions you need when you need them.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life

“Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree,” says the Talmud, “but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.” Trying to clutch the past to our hearts is as futile as trying to embrace the passing shadow of a bird in flight.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Strong (Joshua): Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life