If you have been given a word from God, you must continue in that direction until it comes to pass (even twenty five years like Abraham).
Henry BlackabyIf you feel weak, limited, ordinary, you are the best material through which God can work.
Henry BlackabyRevival is when God's people return to God and God returns to them, and everyone sees the difference.
Henry BlackabyThe essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self.
Henry BlackabyGod speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church.
Henry BlackabyGod is interested in developing your character. At times He lets you proceed, but He will never let you go too far without discipline to bring you back. In your relationship with God, He may let you make a wrong decision. Then the Spirit of God causes you to recognize that it is not God's will. He guides you back to the right path.
Henry BlackabyWhen leaders claim that God bypasses their followers and speaks directly to them, they greatly diminish all God does through the lives of believers.Leaders who begrudge people the opportunity to seek God themselves and who do not actively teach their people how to hear God's voice have disqualified themselves as spiritual leaders.
Henry BlackabyGod doesn't want people to do what they think is best: he wants them to do what he knows is best, and no amount of reasoning and intellectualizing will discover that.
Henry BlackabyWhen we hear His call and respond accordingly, there will be no limit to what God can and will do through His people. But if we do not even recognize when He is speaking, we are in trouble at the very heart of our relationship to Him.
Henry BlackabyWhen you meet opposition to your faith, your first reaction may be anger toward your antagonist. This may divert your attention from the deeper, spiritual dimensions of your conflict. Your adversary may be hopelessly in bondage to sin. Rather than retaliating, you should immediately and earnestly intercede for that person. Your opponent's hostility is your invitation to become involved in God's redemptive work to free him or her from spiritual bondage. Be alert to the spiritual warfare around you.
Henry BlackabyOur difficulty is not that we don't know God's will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it.
Henry BlackabyTeach yourself to thankfully receive all that God gives you as evidence of His love and faithfulness, and then you'll find it easier to trust Him next time.
Henry BlackabyRegardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us.
Henry BlackabyWhen Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.
Henry BlackabyAll revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the "great fruit of revival." In times of revival, thousands may be found on their knees for hours, lifting up their heartfelt cries, with thanksgiving, to heaven.
Henry BlackabyThe Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world.
Henry BlackabyYou cannot stay where you are and go with God. You cannot continue doing things your way and accomplish God's purpose in His ways. Your thinking cannot come close to God's thoughts. For you to do the will of God, you must adjust your life to Him, His purposes, and His ways
Henry BlackabyWhy is it that when we talk to God, it's called 'prayer,' but when God speaks to us, it's called schizophrenia?
Henry BlackabyBecause God wants to take you in ever-increasing measures to know Him. And the only way you can know Him is by experiencing Him. So He's going to ask you to go with Him in dimensions that require more faith and more activity than you have ever used before. Otherwise you will never grow in your faith in Him. The only way you can grow in your faith in Him is to accept the next assignment which is always greater than the previous one. Don't ever feel that you will get to the place where you'll never be scared half to death.
Henry BlackabyPeople who make decisions based merely on what seems most advisable to them will inevitably choose something inferior to God's best. Jesus, the ultimate model for the Christian life, did not rely on His own best thinking, but depended completely on His heavenly Father for wisdom in everything.
Henry BlackabyIf you have trouble hearing God speak, you are in trouble at the very heart of your Christian experience.
Henry BlackabyWe should thank God for being with us, not ask Him to be with us (this is always given!).
Henry BlackabyWe've got to have a deep, intimate relationship with the Father if we're going to lead like Jesus.
Henry BlackabyWe don't choose what we will do for God; He invites us to join Him where He wants to involve us.
Henry BlackabyMissions is God finding those whose hearts are right with Him and placing them where they can make a difference for His kingdom
Henry BlackabyWouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall?
Henry BlackabyPrayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses; they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God.
Henry BlackabyGod has a right to interrupt your life. He is Lord. When you accepted Him as Lord, you gave Him the right to help Himself to your life anytime He wants.
Henry BlackabyGod's commands are designed to guide you to life's very best. You will not obey Him, if you do not believe Him and trust Him. You cannot believe Him if you do not love Him. You cannot love Him unless you know Him.
Henry BlackabyWe were not saved from our sin simply so that we would qualify for heaven. God delivered us so we would have a relationship with Him through which He could carry out His mission to redeem a lost world.
Henry BlackabySome would define a servant like this: 'A servant is one who finds out what his master wants him to do, and then he does it.' The human concept of a servant is that a servant goes to the master and says, 'Master, what do you want me to do?' The master tells him, and the servant goes off BY HIMSELF and does it. That is not the biblical concept of a servant of God. Being a servant of God is different from being a servant of a human master. A servant of a human master works FOR his master. God, however, works THROUGH His servants.
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