D. T. Max Quotes

An enriched capacity for rejoicing is an expanded capacity for worship.

Since all wealth ultimately comes from God, His people ought to acknowledge His primacy by offering Him the best of their wealth, time, and abilities.

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive.

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.

God delights in providing His people with material gain and comfort, although prosperity can pose a threat to spiritual well-being.

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.

The believer who feels the agony caused by rebellion will grow to become the best intercessor.

Persistence in prayer brings results that casual prayer does not.

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.

Giving works best when the Lord's portion is removed first and believers learn to live within the remainder.

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

Moses simplifies the whole duty of Israel (and of humanity) by crystalizing the moral law into a single command to love God supremely.

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.

Israel's [as well as our] enjoyment of the land is contingent on their behavior. Blessings or cruses lie before them; the choice is theirs.

False teaching - anything that would weaken the believer's ties to his Lord - must be confronted wherever it appears, even if that confrontation requires painful correction.

Father, we ask that you give us a passion for the truth and not merely a hatred of falsehood. Keep us concerned for the spiritual health of people but open to your own rebukes from your mighty Word.

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

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

God demonstrates generosity, then asks it from His people.

The most blessed gift that God can give any person is a knowledge of Himself.

Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.

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's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.

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

Fear of God and love for God coexist happily in the heart of people who are rightly related to Him.

It is sometimes easier to trust God in a life-threatening battle than in the small challenges of daily life.

Spiritual leadership ought to be given to those who have proven themselves under stress.

Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.

In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life.

Conversion engages the mind as well as the emotions.

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.

Distance is no barrier to the love of God.

Truth can be attested by the supernatural, but so can falsehood.

Religious truth is not false for being narrow any more than mathematical or scientific truth is false for the same reason.

Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so.

Intimacy with God is to be preferred above material wealth.

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

People are not free to violate law or convention to satisfy their wants and cravings.

Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.

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

Courage is the most fundamental of all virtues.

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.