David Jeremiah Quotes

As you read the Word of God today, read it with expectancy and anticipation for the changes it will make in you.

I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.

The word of God is always most precious to the man who most lives upon it.

Picking up our Bibles, we should give God our full attention, withhold our opinion until we understand what He is saying, listen without interrupting, and respond with understanding and obedience.

God is no further from you on your worst day than He is on your best day. Just open your heart to receive Him and His love.

When therefore the first spark of a desire after God arises in thy soul, cherish it with all thy care, give all thy heart into it; it is nothing less than a touch of the divine loadstone, that is to draw thee out of the vanity of time, into the riches of eternity.

If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.

Ask God to show you any changes you need to make in your relationships. And make sure your closest relationship continues to be with Jesus Himself.

Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.

Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.

The degree of our spiritual strength will be in direct proportion to the time we spend in God's Word.

Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times.

Where God takes such pains to teach, we ought to be at pains to learn.

Every one ought to study the Bible with two ends in view: his own growth in knowledge and grace, and passing it on to others. We ought to have four ears,- two for ourselves, and two for other people. My Bible is worth a good deal to me because I have so many passages marked that, if I am called upon to speak at any time, I am ready. We ought to be prepared to pass around heavenly thoughts and truths, just as we do the coin of the realm.

I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work; but God cannot make much use of him, for there is not much for the Holy Ghost to work upon.

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.

When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, 'You should start with The Holiness of God.'

A journal is a great way to keep track of what happens daily in your walk with God and to record your prayers and thoughts.

God uses his Word, people and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character development. God's word provides the truth we need to grow, God's people provide the support we need to grow, and circumstances provide the environment we need to grow.

Maintaining peace with God is more important than keeping pace with someone else.

What we need as Christians is to be able to feed ourselves. How many there are who sit helpless and listless, with open mouths, hungry for spiritual things, and the minister has to try to feed them, while the Bible is a feast prepared, into which they never venture.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.