Wiersbe, Warren

Don’t waste your sufferings.
God doesn’t bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.
The bumps are what you climb on.
A prophet weeps while others are laughing.
The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us.
The greatest judgment God can send on His people is letting them have their own way.
You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor to drag you. We must learn from the past but not live in the past.
Nothing paralyzes our lives like the attitude that things can never change. We need to remind ourselves that God can change things…outlook determines outcome. If we see only the problems, we will be defeated; but if we see the possibilities in the problems, we can have victory.
It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit.
Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit.
God doesn’t always change the circumstances, but He can change us to meet our circumstances. That’s what it means to live by faith.
After all, a crisis doesn’t make a person; it reveals what a person is made of.
If you are going to live by faith, then expect your faith to be tested. A faith that can’t be tested can’t be trusted.
Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him.
When we change the message of God, we change the God of the message.
People who walk by faith don’t see obstacles, they see opportunities.