War Room Quotes

“I am so sick of you stealing my joy. But that’s changing too. My joy doesn’t come from my friends, it doesn’t come from my job, it doesn’t even come from my husband. My joy is found in Jesus, and just in case you forgot, He has already defeated you. So go back to hell where you belong and leave my family alone!”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Lord, we need a generation of believers who are not ashamed of the gospel. We need an army of believers who hate to be lukewarm and will stand on Your Word above all else. Raise ’em up, Lord. Raise them up.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“A lot of people want to do great things for God. A lot of people want to change the world. I just shake my head when I hear that. God is the only one who can change the world because He’s the only one who can change hearts and minds.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Then I started really studying what the Scriptures say, and God showed me that it wasn’t my job to do the heavy lifting. No. That was something that only He could do. It was my job to seek Him, to trust Him, and to stand on His Word.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“There’s not more power in a lot of people praying because the power comes from God and not the people. But what happens when many pray for the same thing is an opportunity for God’s glory. Everything comes back to the glory of God. Everything in history, the purpose of our lives, is the glory of God. Every breath we take.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Elizabeth, it comes down to this: Jesus shed His blood on the cross. He died for you, even when you did not deserve it. And He rose from the grave and offers forgiveness and salvation for anyone who turns to Him. But the Bible also says that we can’t ask Him to forgive us while refusing to forgive others.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“God used it all. He used the hard times to draw her closer. He used the struggle to bring them together.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“The goal of prayer is not to change God’s mind about what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Prayer was talking and listening and being excited to spend time with someone who loves you.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“I think you’ll find that when you let Him, God is a good defense attorney. Trust it to Him. And then you can turn your focus to the real enemy.” “The real enemy?” “The one that wants to remain hidden. The one that wants to distract you, deceive you, and divide you from the Lord and from your husband. That’s how he works. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. And he is stealing your joy, killing your faith, and trying to destroy your family.” The old woman was fiery now, like an old-time preacher just getting wound up and ready to pound the pulpit. “If I were you, I would get my heart right with God. And you need to do your fightin’ in prayer. You need to kick the real enemy out of your home with the Word of God.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Let me tell you something. Is it wrong for the person who deserves it to get credit? God made everything. He fashioned the little baby in its mother’s womb and set the stars in place. He put a plan in motion to redeem us, to showcase His love and goodness and mercy on the cross so that all glory would go to the One to whom it belongs. Glory that goes to anybody or anything else is a sham. And you put an e on that and it becomes a shame. That’s what the world has come to by giving glory to people who can catch a ball or twist on a stage.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Clara had said to ask God for the truth. “Discover the truth about God, who He is, how He works, how much He loves. And then you’ll uncover the truth about yourself, your sin, the ways you displease God. The truth about your life is always better to know, even if it hurts.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“about what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“think you’ll find that when you let Him, God is a good defense attorney.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Wrap your heart around that the next time you go through a struggle,” Clara said. “The goal of prayer is not to change God’s mind about what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“God does hear what we pray. You don’t need a megaphone or a million people to get His attention. But the point of prayer is not to get what we want. Prayer changes the person who prays.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“If . . . My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Prayer changes the person who prays.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“I don’t know why people have to die, Son. I don’t think death was what God wanted. But it sure was part of somebody’s plan. I believe God is big enough and powerful enough to use it. There’s more going on here than we can see.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Jesus shed His blood on the cross. He died for you, even when you did not deserve it. And He rose from the grave and offers forgiveness and salvation for anyone who turns to Him. But the Bible also says that we can’t ask Him to forgive us while refusing to forgive others.” Elizabeth nodded. “I know, Miss Clara, but that’s just so hard to do.” “Yes, it is! Yes, it is! But that’s where grace comes in! He gives us grace, and He helps us give it to others. Even when they don’t deserve it. We all deserve judgment, and that is what a holy God gives us when we don’t repent and believe in His Son.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“So, Clara, tell us what happens when a group begins to pray about the same thing,” Cecilia said. “Well, first of all, more people know about the need. More people get involved in bringing a person or a situation before God. He doesn’t need to be reminded because He knows everything. But He wants us to participate in people’s lives and the things going on around us. He wants us to partner with Him in His plan to draw people to Himself. So the end result of a lot of people praying about the same thing is increased glory to God. That’s the way it works. When we pray, we participate in what God is doing. He gets the glory, and we get the privilege of walking with Him, and in that process we are changed. And guess what happens from that change? He gets the glory.” “How do you figure that?” Eula said. “Philippians 2. Paul talks about having the same mind that Jesus had. He didn’t have to come here and give up His life. He didn’t have to be obedient and die on a cross. But He humbled Himself. And look at what happens at the end of that passage. God raises him up to the place of highest honor and gives Him the name above every other name. Every knee is going to bow, every tongue will declare that Jesus Christ is Lord—now get this—to the glory of God the Father. The whole point of the work of Jesus, the whole reason for His sinless life, the reason for the miracles and raising Him from the dead was the glory of God.” “Praise Jesus!” Tressa said.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Clara believed with all her heart that God worked all things together for good to those who loved Him and were called according to His purpose. But she did not believe that everything that happened was good. The world was fallen and there was sin in every heart. But God’s grace was bigger. The other truth she believed, from a life of experiencing it, was that for real change to happen deep in the soul, God tended to make people miserable rather than happy. He brought them to the end of themselves and showed them how powerless they were in order to show them how powerful He was.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Clara didn’t live on feelings because they ebbed and flowed. She had decided to keep the train of her life on the parallel tracks of faith in God and loving others. The enemy tried to push her off the tracks every day and it was her job to trust God, to believe He was good and was working, and then to act on that belief by loving others. If she’d said it once, she’d said it a thousand times. “People let their feelings push them away from God or away from believing that their life makes a difference. They think that because they don’t see God working the way they think He should work, He’s not there. Or they think He doesn’t care and they get discouraged.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Prayer, at its most basic level, was surrender. Like Jesus in the garden, saying, “Not My will, but Yours, be done.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Wrap your heart around that the next time you go through a struggle,” Clara said. “The goal of prayer is not to change God’s mind”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. Riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks and praise Your glorious name.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Prayer, at its most basic level, was surrender. Like Jesus in the garden, saying, “Not My will, but Yours, be done.” The ironic thing was, when a person surrendered their will, they got God’s, and then they received what they were really looking for all along. This was what she believed.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“Most people made it more complicated than it really was, she thought. They looked for a formula or a mathematical equation. And believed that if you didn’t do every step right, you didn’t get what you were praying for. She knew nothing could be further from the truth because prayer was about relationship. Prayer was talking and listening and being excited to spend time with someone who loves you. She”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon

“And then a wave of peace washed over her and told her it wasn’t where she lived that mattered, but that she was walking with Him.”
― Chris Fabry, War Room: Prayer Is a Powerful Weapon