Quotes about Guidance
Jesus was the Son of God. Yet He never took the initiative to dream a dream or launch a new ministry. He lived His life in absolute dependence upon His Father. If Jesus was that dependent on the Father, then you and I should realize how ludicrous it is for us to set out on our own without any direction or guidance from the Father.
— Henry Blackaby
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. God himself must reveal it.
— Henry Blackaby
Moses had to re-check Gods' directions constantly. He obeyed God, spoke to Pharaoh, and everything went wrong, but Moses didn't quit. He went back to the Lord to clarify what was happening.
— Henry Blackaby
Leaders ought never to allow the least motivated members of an organization to set the pace for the others. Rather
— Henry Blackaby
The willingness to obey every word from God is critical to hearing God speak.
— Henry Blackaby
When 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 Blackaby
I have learned to trust that when my Lord closes a door in my life it is because he loves me too much to give me less than his best.
— Henry Blackaby
Christ will lead you into many situations that will seem impossible, but don't try to avoid them. Stay in the middle of them, for that is where you will experience God.
— Henry Blackaby
Andrew is a good role model for us. Our job is not to transform people into Christians nor to convict them of their sin. It is not our responsibility to make people do what they ought to do. Our task is to bring them to Jesus, and He will perform His divine work in their lives.
— Henry Blackaby
When you want to know how God wants you to reach your city, start a new church, or be involved in His work, ask Him. Then when He tells you, don't be surprised if you can't find any church that is doing it the same way.
— Henry Blackaby
God is not as interested in our origins as He is in our obedience. GOD
— Henry Blackaby
God's written Word is the plumb line for our lives as we walk daily with him (Amos 7:7; Rev. 22:18—19; Deut. 4:2).
— Henry Blackaby