John Bevere Quotes - Page 2

We all have life-defining moments. They are like open-book tests, but we don't know we have been examined until it is over.

We don't honor just to get a reward; we honor because it is the heart of God, and it is our delight.

Godly fear, faith, and humility is the true threefold cord that can’t easily be broken (see Ecclesiastes 4:12).

The Bible is very clear that in the last days men will be “lovers of themselves” (2 Tim. 3:2).

The greater hardship you endure, the greater the authority God entrusts to you.

How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible for his cruel actions, not God. All authority is of God, but not all authority is godly.

Jesus never gave advice

God is waiting to satisfy us, yet His goodness will not satisfy us if we are already full of other things.

What we say in private we must be willing to say with a heart burning with love and honor before the face of our leaders. If not, we will poison our spirits and it will manifest in the presence of our leaders.

There is no other way to know good from evil, right from wrong, unless we have His Word dwelling richly in our heart. It's good for us to spend time in His Word.

Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

We are like horses that must be broken; basically that one should submit to a pastor even if he is wrong.