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We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.

Warren W. Wiersbe

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Warren W. Wiersbe
Age: 89 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 16
Died: 2019
Died: May 2
Pastor
Theologian
Writer
East Chicago
Indiana
Warren Wendall Wiersbe
Illumination
Obey
Instruction
Faith
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If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.
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When it seems as if God is far away, remind yourself that He is near. Nearness is not a matter of geography. God is everywhere. Nearness is likeness. The more we become like the Lord, the nearer He is to us.
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We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory shame leads to honor weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.
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