Max Anders Quotes

Before we can pray for God's blessing, we should ask ourselves if our disobedience could hinder his blessing.

Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency.

Persistence in prayer brings results that casual prayer does not.

Even the wisest people learn little from their successes; God warns His people against allowing their victories (which He will grant) to lead them into pride and spiritual indifference. Instead, they should pay close attention to God's Word.

Protection of human life can be costly; but so is the neglect of that protection.

Truth can be attested by the supernatural, but so can falsehood.

The heart that delights in God and longs only to see His glory advance will seldom be conscious of sacrifice. God in His wisdom asks that we first love Him and then live in keeping with that core value. He does not want His people to think of what they do as sacrificial, even though from the world's point of view it may be just that. Gratitude for grace of God will always be found near the center of the Biblical Christian's most powerful motivations.

Grace is always given freely by God, but grace received should always issue in a joyous delight in Him.

The concept of freedom in Scripture differs from modern notions. Freedom is not a life lived free of restraints but a life that recognizes healthy limits, those that are concern to produce prosperity and order for the person who observes them.

To know God and to find one's full satisfaction in that knowledge is the ultimate goal of Christian experience. The Lord's greatest delight comes when His people discover the ultimate value lies in the knowledge of God. Nothing in the material world can complete with the delights that are present in His Person.

Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.

A worshiper's gift makes a statement about the worshiper and his God.

The spiritual heritage of the godly lives on after they are gone.

Although the world places a premium on the latest things, some realities are discovered by looking into the past.

One of the greatest testimonials to God's love is His provision of His Word.

Wisdom lies in recognizing the dangers that lie within us and doing battle with them daily.

People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he disciplines.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

Distance is no barrier to the love of God.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

The person who believes he must earn the right to go through the door of eternal life will miss the mark.

Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Mental confusion can be the product of divine discipline.

There is no substitute for a firsthand encounter with the Word of God.

God wants believers to take an interest in the well-being of the society in which they live.

The health of marriage and the health of society are bound together; as one goes, so goes the other.

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

The generous giver, demonstrating the nature of God by his behavior, can never outgive God.

The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy.

Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive.

Chastening is a mark of affection, not a sign of rejection.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.

There is a kind of misguided pity that deals gently with false teachers at the expense of their victims.

Israel's [as well as our] enjoyment of the land is contingent on their behavior. Blessings or cruses lie before them; the choice is theirs.

God never forgets a promise.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

God delights in providing His people with material gain and comfort, although prosperity can pose a threat to spiritual well-being.

God ought to be given the choice portion of our wealth and not its dregs.

Although God's people find many successes in the world, they must not fall prey to a spirit of pride. We succeed not because of our moral superiority but because of the faithfulness of our divine intercessor and because of the great mercy of God.

Our identity as the people of God is marked primarily by our faithfulness in obedience to Him.

Theological error is the most pernicious of errors; it strikes at man's center and separates him from his Creator and Redeemer. God insisted not only that Israelites should judge their own hearts and cast aside falsehood about Him but that they should also confront it wherever it emerged.

A good memory is one of the most precious assets of spiritual living.