What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do Quotes

“Andrew Murray was suffering from a terribly painful back, the result of an injury he had incurred years before. One morning while he was eating breakfast in his room, his hostess told him of a woman downstairs who was in great trouble, and wanted to know if he had any advice for her. Murray handed her a paper he had been writing on and said, “Give her this advice I’m writing down for myself. It may be that she’ll find it helpful.” This is what was written: In time of trouble, say, “First, He brought me here. It is by His will I am in this strait place; in that I will rest.” Next, “He will keep me here in His love, and give me grace in this trial to behave as His child.” Then say, “He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me lessons He intends me to learn, and working in me the grace He means to bestow.” And last, say, “In His good time He can bring me out again. How and when, He knows.” Therefore, say, “I am here (1) by God’s appointment, (2) in His keeping, (3) under His training, (4) for His time.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“All we have to do is ask and He will give us the wisdom that we need to get through the storm.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“This is what was written: In time of trouble, say, “First, He brought me here. It is by His will I am in this strait place; in that I will rest.” Next, “He will keep me here in His love, and give me grace in this trial to behave as His child.” Then say, “He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me lessons He intends me to learn, and working in me the grace He means to bestow.” And last, say, “In His good time He can bring me out again. How and when, He knows.” Therefore, say, “I am here (1) by God’s appointment, (2) in His keeping, (3) under His training, (4) for His time.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“God, I love You for making me suffer like this. It is Your will. You know the best for me. And I just praise You for loving me enough to allow me to experience this. In all things, including this, I give thanks.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“Do not expect to master the Bible in a day, or a month, or a year. Rather expect often to be puzzled by its contents. It is not all equally clear. Great men of God often feel like absolute novices when they read the Word. The apostle Peter said that there were some things hard to understand in the epistles of Paul (2”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“As the rudder controls a ship, so the tongue controls a person.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“You can choose how you want to live. You are free to choose the actions, but not the results. You are free to have your kicks, but not to avoid the kickbacks. You are free to make choices, but not to avoid the consequences.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“Therefore submit to God.… Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (James 4:7–8)”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Eph. 6:11)”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. (1 Peter 5:8–9)”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“We should not only refrain from thinking about gratifying our desires but also avoid focusing on not gratifying our desires. The way to deal with temptation is not to grit our teeth and make up our minds that we will not do a certain thing. The key is to fill our minds with other things.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“James teaches us that we can be victors instead of victims, if we will mentally prepare ourselves by: 1. celebrating the reason behind our trials; 2. calculating the results of our trials; 3. calling on God’s resources in our trials; 4. considering our reactions to our trials; 5. contemplating the reward of our trials.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“In time of trouble, say, “First, He brought me here. It is by His will I am in this strait place; in that I will rest.” Next, “He will keep me here in His love, and give me grace in this trial to behave as His child.” Then say, “He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me lessons He intends me to learn, and working in me the grace He means to bestow.” And last, say, “In His good time He can bring me out again. How and when, He knows.” Therefore, say, “I am here (1) by God’s appointment, (2) in His keeping, (3) under His training, (4) for His time.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“man of faith is a stable man looking in only one direction for the wisdom he needs. He knows that the God to whom he prays is able and willing to respond to his need. As”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

“Unless there is within us that which is above us, we will soon yield to that which is around us.”
― David Jeremiah, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do