Nancy Leigh DeMoss Quotes

Sound theology should always lead us to doxology and transformation.

Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.

Don’t wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.

God is good whether or not His choices seem right to us, whether or not we feel it, whether or not it seems true, and whether or not He gives us everything that we want.

The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God.

We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.

Again and again, God's Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.

Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must devote ourselves to the reading, study, and meditation of His Word

Those who say in simple surrender 'Yes, Lord,' emerge from the experience spiritually rich, and become a source of grace and encouragement to others who are hurting.

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.

Instead of fixing all your problems, God may be wanting to use your problems to teach you to trust and obey Him.

Every time you and I bow our heads in surrender to the will of God, we embrace the cross and we manifest to the world the heart of Christ who bowed His head to the will of His Father.

God can be trusted. He keeps His promises. He doesn't make any mistakes.

Obedience is the pathway to blessing. It’s the means of protection. It’s the means of joy. It’s the means to finding God’s best in our lives.

Thinking of what Jesus did NOT say from the cross: not a bitter, angry, unkind, whining, profane, unnecessary word. There is none like Him!

Gratitude has a big job to do in us and our hearts. It is one of the chief ways that God infuses joy and resilience into the daily struggle of life.

Revival is not just an emotional touch; it's a complete takeover!

We will never meet God in revival until we have first met Him in brokenness.

Are you building up your house, or are you tearing it down? Your 'house' is the sphere of relationships that God has placed you in.

God's Will is what we would choose if we knew what God knows.

The word hospitality in the New Testament comes from two Greek words. The first word means love and the second word means strangers. Its a word that means love of strangers.

Brokenness is the STRIPPING OF SELF-RELIANCE AND INDEPENDENCE FROM GOD...but he is cast in total dependence upon the grace of God working in and through him.

Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.

The Christian life is not about all the things we do for God--it's about being loved by Him, loving Him in return, and walking in intimate union and communion with Him.

The more we hold on to our hurts, anger and bitterness, the more we become slaves to unforgiveness.

God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.

To do any less than to make Him known is to fail to really love our neighbors.

No matter what I have done, no matter how I have failed, no matter how week I have been, no matter how inadequate I am, God has not changed. He has not failed.

There may be some issue where God is calling you to surrender. I don’t know what you may be struggling with, but whatever it is, let me just encourage you: Don’t delay obedience.

Jesus died as He had lived-praying, forgiving, loving, sacrificing, trusting, quoting Scripture. If I die as I have lived, how will I die?

Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will - the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God.

Have you been tormented with fears and doubts? Bombarded with temptation to sin? Try praising the Lord, and watch Satan flee.

True Joy is not the absence of pain but the sanctifying, sustaining presence of the Lord Jesus in the midst of the pain

True brokenness is a lifestyle - a moment-by-moment lifestyle of agreeing with God about the true condition of my heart and life - not as everyone else thinks it is but as He knows it to be.

I am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable--in our homes, our churches, and our culture. Will you be one of those women?

God looks at the heart, and we shouldn't judge by appearance . . . but we still live on the earth, and everyone here looks at the exterior, because only God sees the interior.

Your enemy wants to strip you, make sport of you, and merchandise your body, but your heavenly Father wants to clothe you with beauty, strength, dignity and honor that will endure.

When God calls you to do something, He provides everything it takes to get it done.

Jesus was not conquered by death. By His death, He conquered death.

Men like to flirt with, and sometimes even date a wild child, but those women aren't usually first on their lists for marriage or motherhood.

Christmas is all about surrender. It's all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.

True love is giving, not getting. Someone has said, "Love can always wait to give, but lust can never wait to get.