Inspirational Quotes by Donald S. Whitney
“La oración es, en un sentido, la expresión de una relación continua del cristiano con el Padre.”
“Joy does not come to you if you are spiritually passive; rather, joy is cultivated, but joy is cultivated by things you do.”
“The alternative to discipline is disaster. VANCE HAVNER”
“no es la mera lectura de la Biblia lo que nos convierte en «un hacedor eficaz» de ella, sino la meditación.”
“True spiritual self-discipline holds believers in bounds but never in bonds; its effect is to enlarge, expand and liberate. D. G. KEHL”
“How can we worship God without worshiping Him in vain? How can we instead “offer to God acceptable worship” (Hebrews 12:28)? We must learn an essential part of pursuing Christlikeness—the Spiritual Discipline of biblical worship.”
“why do we forget what we read in the Bible? Is it just a poor memory? No, it’s a failure to meditate.”
“How will you prove that you are a doer of the Word of God as it’s been presented to you here?”
“If a man write little, he had need have a great memory.”[12]”
“Cuando nuestra percepción de la grandeza de Dios y del evangelio es vaga, nuestras vidas de oración son insignificantes. Cuanto menos pensamos en la naturaleza y el carácter de Dios, y cuanto menos recordamos lo que Jesucristo hizo por nosotros en la cruz, menos queremos orar.”
“Just as an indescribable sunset or a breathtaking mountaintop vista evokes a spontaneous response, so we cannot encounter the worthiness of God without the response of worship.”
“Ours is an undisciplined age. The old disciplines are breaking down. . . . Above all, the discipline of divine grace is derided as legalism or is entirely unknown to a generation that is largely illiterate in the Scriptures. We need the rugged strength of Christian character that can come only from discipline. V. RAYMOND EDMAN”
“the ongoing worship of God cannot be separated from the Word of God, which you don’t expect to be read aloud or preached on the golf course or at the lake. We are to discipline ourselves to go and hear the Word of God.”
“And to the degree we truly comprehend more of God, we will in turn respond to Him more in worship. That’s why all worship of God—public, family,[1] and private worship—should be based upon and include much of the Bible.”
“Regardless of how busy we become with all things Christian, we must remember that the most transforming practice available to us is the disciplined intake of Scripture.”
“The reality of human behavior is that most people avoid those activities in which they perceive themselves to be failures.”
“Worship empowers serving; serving expresses worship. Godliness requires a disciplined balance between the two.”
“Take every word as spoken to yourselves. When the word thunders against sin, think thus: “God means my sins;” when it presseth any duty, “God intends me in this.” Many put off Scripture from themselves, as if it only concerned those who lived in the time when it was written; but if you intend to profit by the word, bring it home to yourselves: a medicine will do no good, unless it be applied.9”
“So the Spiritual Disciplines are those personal and interpersonal activities given by God in the Bible as the sufficient means believers in Jesus Christ are to use in the Spirit-filled, gospel-driven pursuit of godliness, that is, closeness to Christ and conformity to Christ.”
“Since the object of our worship is the glorious and majestic God of heaven, when worship becomes empty, the problem lies somewhere with the subject (us), not the object (God).”
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Don grew up in Osceola, Arkansas, where he came to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He was active in sports throughout high school and college, and worked in the radio station his dad managed.
After graduating from Arkansas State University, Don planned to finish law school and pursue a career in sportscasting. While at the University of Arkansas School of Law, he sensed God's call to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He then enrolled at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 1979. In 1987, Don completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Currently, he is completing his Doctor of Theology with Specialization in Christian Spirituality at the University of South Africa.
Prior to his ministry as a seminary professor, Don was pastor of Glenfield Baptist Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), for almost fifteen years. Altogether, he has served local churches in pastoral ministry for twenty-four years. He is the author of several books.