Quotes from John Bevere

We construct walls when we are hurt to safeguard our hearts and prevent any future wounds. We become selective, denying entry to all we fear will hurt us. We filter out anyone we think owes us something. We withhold access until these people have paid their debts in full. We open our lives only to those we believe are on our side.

This truth remains: Only those you care about can hurt you. You expect more from them—after all, you've given more of yourself to them. The higher the expectations, the greater the fall.

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.

In My greatest hour of need, My closest friends deserted Me. Judas betrayed Me, Peter denied Me, and the rest fled for their lives. Only John followed from afar. I had cared for them for over three years, feeding them and teaching them. Yet as I died for the sins of the world, I forgave. I released all of them—from My friends who had deserted Me to the Roman guard who had crucified Me. They didn't ask for forgiveness, yet I freely gave it.

We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and not just see them as laws.

Often we judge ourselves by our intentions and everyone else by their actions. It is possible to intend one thing while communicating something totally different. Sometimes our true motives are cleverly hidden even from us.

If you believe in the Gospel what you like, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

True honor is an outflow from a heart that fears God.

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself.

A PERSON WHO CANNOT FORGIVE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW GREAT A DEBT GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM.

When we refrain from acting on what God says in His Word because we believe we can do more to help His cause, in reality it's pride - false humility. We indirectly communicate we know more than God, because God loves the poor, but at the same time tells us to pay those who labour in His Word doubly.

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

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

We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.

YOU GROW MORE FROM THE MOST CHALLENGING OFFENSES—THE ONES FOR WHICH YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED.

True worship is revealed by who we obey, not who we sing to.

Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.

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.

If we don't risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.

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

The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy.

We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and not just see them as laws.

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

An offended heart is the breeding ground of deception.