L. David Harris > Quotes

“Consistency is everything to YouTube. If you provide consistent content over a period of time, as long as the quality is good, you will find your audience and your place on the site. You may not end up a viral sensation, but if you’re not making money exclusively off of YouTube, that’s no reason to worry.”
― L. David Harris, Get Noticed: Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs: Market Your Brand Without Being Annoying

“When our son was born, my wife and I made adjustments to our lives like all parents must. The ideal in our particular family was to keep the little man out of daycare, which meant one of us would care for him in the home. For the first two years, we decided I would be the one to work from home and care for him, until we could figure a plan to have her stay home with him. With all of the crazy nighttime feedings, his need to be cuddled, and other activities, getting a good rest at night was out of the question. I had become accustomed to rising early and having personal devotions. Obviously, that became quite the challenge. My mind was becoming overwhelmed with the difficulty of functioning on very little rest. So, before this went too far, I prayed. I said something like, “Lord! You gave us this boy to nurture and care for. You want us to be the best parents possible. You are the One who taught us balance and temperance. I am feeling out of balance, Lord. I am having difficulty getting up in the mornings. And when I do get up, I can hardly concentrate on the Bible or praying. I know this is not what you intended for us. I am dedicating this certain time in the morning to you. Will you please keep our son asleep during that time so you and I can have the time you want?” Let me tell you, the Lord answered immediately! From the very next morning, even with all of the frenzy of baby activity and my overwhelming weariness, the Most High soothed and kept our son asleep until my worship time was over. And the interesting thing is, he only stayed asleep for that particular time. When the time was done, he always woke up.”
― L. David Harris, Yield Not to Temptation: Experiencing Christ’s Victory in 40 Days

“According to Jesus, her faith made her whole! Her faith made her whole! What a mighty God we serve. Do you think this pleased God? Was it a miracle? Was it any more a miracle than you kicking the smoking habit, prostituting, looking down your proud little nose at people, beating up your spouse, or extorting people? The same miraculous power of God to heal those who simply exercised the faith God had given them, is available today for healing, and most of all, deliverance from sin.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“Social media can be a tough nut to crack if you’re trying to produce the next big thing, but that’s going about it all the wrong way. The Internet flits from one bizarre trend to another and there’s really no way to tell what’s going to hit next.   With that said, stick to what you know and set goals that are relevant to your business and that fit within your timeframe.”
― L. David Harris, Get Noticed: Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs: Market Your Brand Without Being Annoying

“Let me share an invaluable verse of Scripture with you: The Bible says, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7). Oftentimes, when people embark upon a conscientious journey of holiness unto God, we get the cart and horse out of order. Some of us waste precious time gritting our teeth, grunting, and trying not to do wrong things, as if godliness is somehow meritoriously found in abstinence. However, the Bible clearly states that surrender to God is key to our ability to resist the enemy’s onslaught. Do you see the difference?”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“What is substance? Is it real or imagined? According to dictionary.com, substance is, “That of which a thing consists; physical matter or material...The subject matter of thought, discourse, study, etc.”  Of course, there are several other definitions, but these will do. How does this apply? When a person has biblical faith, that person’s mind and life activities are centered on the study of, grappling with, and apprehension of all that is seen in evidence given by God. It is of substance. We can handle it and experience it.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“She touched Him! And, what happened next can only be described as a miracle. It was almost like an electrical charge left the Master, and gave her physical and spiritual batteries a boost. She knew immediately that she was healed.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“She touched Him! And, what happened next can only be described as a miracle. It was almost like an electrical charge left the Master, and gave her physical and spiritual batteries a boost. She knew immediately that she was healed. Twelve years of mourning, begging, pleading, paying, seeking, asking, knocking, and suffering immediately ended with a tiny little touch. What facilitated the touch? It was faith. Faith transformed a simple touch of a garment into a spiritual conduit through which omnipotence would travel.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“The serpent seemed to find pleasure in the fact that Eve’s pupils dilated, her cheeks became rosier, her skin showed signs of goose bumps, and I could almost hear the quickening pace of her heartbeat as her shallow breaths caused her breast to rise and fall more quickly. If I had a voice, I would have shouted and warned her to flee to her husband’s arms where she would be safe.”
― L. David Harris, Fresh Perspectives: Bible Stories Voiced by the Voiceless: Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil

“So you’re on stage, ready to speak. You’ve prepared for so long for this moment. You’ve practiced. You know what you’re going to say. Then you step out on stage…and it feels like someone rebooted your brain.   You’re blank. You’ve got nothing, no idea what to say.   Sooner or later, stage fright comes for us all, but don’t worry! There are on-the-spot ways to not panic.   Since you can’t run away from the public speaking engagement, here are a few ways to calm your mind and bring you back to focusing on the task at hand.”
― L. David Harris, Move the Crowd: The Art of Influencing People Through Public Speaking

“Oftentimes, we encounter offers for things that are too good to be true. People offer us opportunities to start businesses for just one hour of work per day, with a guaranteed outcome of millionaire status by next year this time. All you need to do is pay the low, low price of $299 to get started. They have no product or services to offer; yet if you recruit enough people, you will be rich. This is too good to be true. Let me tell you, what I am offering in this little book is too good not to be true, friends! In fact, I misled you again. This is not my offer; it’s Jesus’ offer. In the book of Revelation alone, our God made astounding promises to those who overcome. He put His eternal reputation on the line to assure you that, with Christ living in you, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you will overcome. If this were not so, He would have wasted words, making promises to overcomers. Our God cannot lie. What He says, is so! Hallelujah! Ok, let me calm down and share several of the promises to overcomers:”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“As with all social networks, it takes time to build a following on Twitter. You’ll see followers come and go, but keep at it. This isn’t a race; this is an investment, a marathon.”
― L. David Harris, Get Noticed: Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs: Market Your Brand Without Being Annoying

“Having taken a brief, essential look at faith, we now have the foundation set for overcoming. So many people have the bad, self-sabotaging habit of focusing on self and/or others to the point that they sincerely believe it is impossible to be an overcomer; I mean an actual overcomer. They recall the many times they have failed, and see the many times hypocritical people declare themselves to be holy, but have a graveyard full of skeletons in their proverbial closets, proving them to be religious liars. Thus, they say it is impossible to overcome. What’s wrong with this picture? In these cases, why will these people never overcome? It’s simply a matter of wrong focus, and an unwillingness to exercise miraculous faith in God.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“Be ye holy; for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:13–16). No matter which version or Bible translation you use, verse 16 states God’s command for us to be holy, and immediately most professed believers think it is not possible. Some of the bolder ones believe that God’s command for us to be holy must take years of evolution to take place. After all, how can we be holy when we are so wicked naturally? Here’s the thing: If you don’t get anything else in this little book, you must recognize that holiness is not about you any more than God’s command for something to come out of nothing in the creation of the world was about you. The power and reason for our holiness is in His word/command. The ability to become that which God says, is resident in His word to the same. We will talk about this a bit more in the chapter on uprightness. All that is necessary for us to become holy is God’s omnipotent word, our God-given faith, and the miraculous outcome. Faith is the key to unleashing God’s limitless power into our lives.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“Staying motivated when circumstances get difficult or when progress toward the goal is slow, mundane or tedious, you can find yourself grinding to a halt.   Sometimes working toward a goal isn’t glamorous. It’s dirty, it’s sweaty, and it causes you to stay up until all hours of the night, hammering away at a project until it’s done.   If you find yourself bogged down with discouragement, depression or even just plain boredom, consider taking the focus off your task for a moment.”
― L. David Harris, If You're a Loser, Then Quit: Motivation For People Who Can't Afford to Give Up

“My God! How could you allow this woman to get worse, when she is doing all she can to get better? What in the world is going on? Have you ever wondered the same in your sin predicament as you make valiant efforts to overcome temptation? Have you gone to teacher-after-teacher, and pastor-after-pastor, searching for a remedy to your addiction to drugs, stealing, illicit sex, liquor, gambling, or evil entertainments? Did you get better, or did you get progressively worse over the years? Well, this woman, now an outcast from Jewish society due to the fact that her vaginal bleeding made her ceremonially unclean, and excluded from attendance of temple services and many other regular activities, knew that the Master was nearby. With all the faith she had, she crawled through the crowd so she…could…just…touch, the blue hem/tassel of His garment. She believed that if she could simply touch the border of His garment. Which represented the Throne of God, and His holy Ten Commandment Law (Exodus 24:9-10; Ezekiel 1:26; Numbers 15:37-41), she would be whole. So, that she did!”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“Now that we have given a few basic examples of how this mysterious faith works, let’s really tune in to apply it to our eternal lives. The Bible says, “…without faith it is impossible to please him [God]…” (Hebrews 11:6). In the preceding verse, the Bible says that Enoch pleased God. The reason I even wrote this book was to target this very principle. So many, for many reasons, do not believe we can actually please God. And yet, the Bible says otherwise. Enoch, Abel, Abigail, Hannah, Esther, Mary, Job, Paul, and countless, unnamed people pleased God! How in the world did they do that? I must admit that I misled you with that question. The way they did that, that is, pleased God, was not of this world. They simply exercised the tiny little measure of faith that God gives to all people, to the point that they surrendered their will to Him, thereby growing their faith, and that faith took firm hold of the power of God unto salvation! Oh, my! Do you remember that we said that valid faith is well placed? Those who have saving faith that pleases a holy God, press through doubts, fears, anxiety, pain, trials, etc., to simply embrace God for dear life. When this kind of faith is active, it defies logic and facilitates miraculous changes in our lives.”
― L. David Harris, #FOCUS: Heaven's in Your View

“You cannot just assume that your husband’s sexual desires and needs will take care of themselves if you don’t do something about them. Your husband will also start showing signs that he feels neglected by you, because the intimacy he craves is no longer there in your relationship. This is why you cannot just assume your husband will overcome his sexual needs just because you aren’t there to fulfill them for the time being.”
― L. David Harris, Sex Cells: 7 Keys to Fulfilling Your Husband's Most Intimate Needs