Quotes from Max Anders

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he disciplines.

There is no limit to what God's people can expect their God to do if they are rightly related to Him.

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

Grace is always given freely by God, but grace received should always issue in a joyous delight in Him.

God expects believers to improve their attitude in giving as well as their giving itself.

The generous giver, demonstrating the nature of God by his behavior, can never outgive God.

Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority.

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.

The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy.

God demonstrates generosity, then asks it from His people.

Common sense religion emphasizes the human contributions that are supposed to move the deity. Valid worship always begins with recognition of what God has already done.

God supplies the needs of His people according to their needs but does not ordinarily allow stockpiling.

Attachments to older forms of worship may be comfortable, but they may contain elements of falsehood that make them unacceptable to God.

All believers can increase their commitment to God by reflecting on His faithfulness and by considering the forms such commitment should assume in their experience.

God ought to be given the choice portion of our wealth and not its dregs.

Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.

Intimacy with God is to be preferred above material wealth.

God realizes His people need protection from the pains and heartaches of the world.

Even guilty people deserve to be treated as those made in the image of God.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.

God is glorified when His people find satisfaction in Him and in His provisions for them.

Believers should be more concerned for God's opinion of them than for what human opponents might do to their bodies.

Some believers tend to forget God's persistent faithfulness in the face of the spectacular and showy.