God is always at work around you. Henry Blackaby More Quotes by Henry Blackaby More Quotes From Henry Blackaby You 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 Blackaby purpose christian thinking Watch to see where God is working and join Him in His work. Henry Blackaby watches Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ. Henry Blackaby faith god relationship Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do? The answer is yes--all the time! It must be that way, for God's glory and kingdom. If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory. He wants to reveal Himself to a watching world. Henry Blackaby answers want world If Christians around the world were to suddenly renounce their personal agendas, their life goals and their aspirations, and begin responding in radical obedience to everything God showed them. the world would be turned upside down. How do we know? Because that's what first century Christians did, and the world is still talking about it. Henry Blackaby goal christian talking Because 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 Blackaby half want way If you feel weak, limited, ordinary, you are the best material through which God can work. Henry Blackaby weak ordinary feels We 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 Blackaby sin heaven world Our 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 Blackaby difficulty want facts The reality is that the Lord never calls the qualified; He qualifies the called. Henry Blackaby qualified lord reality We don't choose what we will do for God; He invites us to join Him where He wants to involve us. Henry Blackaby invites want If we walk with Him closely today, we'll be in the center of His will tomorrow Henry Blackaby walks tomorrow today Prayer is designed to adjust you to God's will, not to adjust God to your will. Henry Blackaby gods-will prayer God'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 Blackaby command guides believe God 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 Blackaby decision people thinking Scripture is not a concept; scripture is a person (John 1:1,14). When you stand before the Word of God, you are not merely encountering a concept; you are standing face-to-face with God. Henry Blackaby word-of-god scripture faces How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God. Henry Blackaby christian god life Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall? Henry Blackaby wall tragedy christian A test of your love for God is to examine your love for others. Henry Blackaby loving-god tests god-love When 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 Blackaby limits heart people
