Chuck D. Pierce > Quotes

“When we worship, we ascend, when we ascend we gain revelation from God.”
― Chuck D. Pierce

“It takes an act of our own will to choose God’s plan for possessing our inheritance.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Possessing Your Inheritance: Take Hold of God's Destiny for Your Life

“When we go through testing, the enemy wants us to fail and lose the favor of God. However, every time we pass a test, our faith increases and a testimony is established.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“Be sure we are on the right path. Some people don’t see God work because God never promised them what they are trying to get. If we feel like we are not getting anywhere, we need to step back and make sure we have heard God. We should go to leaders whom we trust, who know us. We need to listen—and take notes—as they speak into our life. We need to ask them, “Is this really what God is saying to me?” If it isn’t God’s promise, no amount of perseverance will get us there. Presumption is not faith. We need to be certain that we have heard from God.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“He wanted the favor and anointing of God upon his life. He did everything he could think of to gain God’s favor. He spent long hours in the Word, long hours in prayer and many days in fasting. In his testimony, he explains how he persevered in these things day after day and month after month, trying to get favor with God. Then, at the end of his testimony, Dr. Bright simply said this, “Then one day I discovered it is all of faith.” The favor and blessing of God do not come through striving, trying, promising or fasting. Those acts all have their place, but what brings the favor of God is faith.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“The two things that will hold us in deception are ignorance and pride. First, we must realize that God does not desire that we be ignorant. Our primary source of truth is the Word of God. You may be believing something about God, yourself or others that is contrary to the Bible. That is one reason we as Christians must know the Bible. The more we know what it really says, the less of an opening Satan has to lie to us. The belt of truth and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God (see Eph. 6:14,17) are, therefore, two very important elements of our spiritual armor as Christians. Pride also works to hold us in deception. This happens when we refuse to acknowledge that we have been deceived because, after all, we know better. Pride is an especially vulnerable area for those who may have grown up in church or have pursued higher Christian education. Satan can be holding us in bondage to sin that we refuse to see. But as my good friend Cindy Jacobs often says, “If you don’t think you can be deceived, you already are!”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Possessing Your Inheritance: Take Hold of God's Destiny for Your Life

“In Greek, the words translated “it is finished” is tetelistai. It means, “The debt has been paid in full!”
― Chuck D. Pierce, A Time to Prosper: Finding and Entering God's Realm of Blessings

“The Word says we should give thanks in every circumstance (see 1 Thess. 5:18). We can act upon this verse and ask God to build that reflex into us. We can thank God in every situation and receive the strength to keep our shield of faith in place.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“nenhuma dúvida, estamos entrando em um momento de intensa guerra. Por conseguinte, temos que estar posicionados corretamente. Quando você olha para o tempo e o conceito de como Deus estabeleceu as tribos, compreenderá a plenitude de como Deus opera e nos faz avançar em bênçãos.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Tempo de Avançar: Compreendendo o significado e a importância das tribos e meses hebraicos

“God’s picture of answered prayer is not a vending machine but a harvest. We have a need, so we sow our faith in the good soil of God’s promise. As we sow, we nurture and water our promise until the time of harvest. When the time of harvest has fully come, we reap based upon what we have sown!”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“God wants us to walk in blessing but there are conditions. An “if” and a “then” is attached to every promise or blessing mentioned in Scripture. If we do what He says, then we will receive what He promised. God once told me this:  “If you are not experiencing what God’s Word promises, you must not be doing what God’s Word commands.” Blessings come when we learn to obey His commands and walk in His ways. We tend to think that blessings “just happen” to some people. But in reality, blessing comes to those who align themselves with God’s purposes and timing. Such are the keys to God’s blessings:  When we align our lives with the revelation of God, blessings begin to flow.”
― Chuck Pierce, A Time to Advance: Understanding the Significance of the Hebrew Tribes and Months

“In 2 Kings 18—19, we find that Sennacherib, a type of enemy of God’s covenant, overtook everyone in his path. This ruler then threatened to overcome Hezekiah. Many times the enemy draws our eyes to what he is doing, and then he convinces us that we are next in line. Sennacherib sent a letter to Hezekiah. Hezekiah presented this letter to the Lord as a prophetic act. When we write down the enemy’s threats and hold them up to the Lord, He will give us an order, a strategy and assistance. Faith overcomes! 10.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“You might have a promise over your life but not have any idea how to get there. That’s okay. God has a way. Strategy and creativity come by faith. If you will link up with God by faith and hold on to His promises, He can give you the strategy to see every promise fulfilled.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“We learned a few verses earlier that Abraham went out not knowing where he was going. Abraham didn’t know where he was going, yet he made it to the Promised Land!”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“We can be creative in confronting the enemy. Faith is creative. We must never presume upon God and think that we can confront the enemy in the same manner we confronted him in our last season of victory. When the Philistines regrouped against David, he asked the Lord, “Should I go up again?” The Lord said, “Yes, but not in the same way.” The Lord told David to listen for the sound of the wind in the mulberry trees (see 2 Sam. 5:23-24). We need to allow the Holy Sprit to supernaturally fill us. We must listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit. There is a sound from heaven that will guide us. The Spirit of God in us will cause us to hear that sound. Listen for the new sound!”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“Moses fell into the trap of hope deferred. He eventually grew weary of the battle. As Moses was in the wilderness with all the people around him moaning, complaining and accusing, he began to grow weary. He took his eyes off God and put them on his situation.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“The Holy Spirit is the One who empowers us to accomplish the will of God and to become a son or daughter of God. The Holy Spirit discloses the personal presence of God and His Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to us.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“God’s will is that you extend the testimony from your testings of the last season into the next season. Your testings are major components of your testimony, but the seeds and sacrifice sown during your testings will cause the growth of a greater faith at an appropriate time in your future! These types of testings produce testimonies that have a multiplying, combustible power and create triumph and prosperity.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, A Time to Prosper: Finding and Entering God's Realm of Blessings

“First He instituted a weekly Shabbat cycle at the creation of the world. His design was that man was to work diligently for six days and then take the seventh day as a Sabbath day of rest. Shabbat, as Sabbath was called in the Hebrew language, was to be a special day, set apart to rest, to enjoy God’s goodness and blessing while meditating on the glories of the heavens and earth. He promised great blessing to those who keep His Shabbat as a holy day just as the Lord rested on that first Sabbath after creation.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, A Time to Advance: Understanding the Significance of the Hebrew Tribes and Months

“God never intended for us to be fragmented, defeated people. His desire is to restore and to bless with great abundance. Scripture states that His intent is for us to move from glory to glory. But first God moves us from the grief we often find ourselves in to the glory He has for us.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Possessing Your Inheritance: Take Hold of God's Destiny for Your Life

“Mordecai knew he had to have a connection to prevent the enemy’s plan from prevailing. Esther was his connection; she had been positioned by God for “such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). Many Christians today are being similarly positioned to see the plan of the enemy. Others are being positioned to be the connecting point to overthrow the enemy. I am praying that any plot of the enemy to try and stop the covenant blessings of our inheritance from coming forth would be revealed. We must find the divine connections and overthrow the enemy’s plan! This is the time to overthrow decrees that have been set against God’s covenant people and that keep us from corporately advancing. Esther prayed and fasted three days prior to setting the wheels in motion to overthrow the enemy’s plan. She had faith to go into the king’s court, because she had spiritually prepared herself by fasting for three days. Fasting helps prepare us for what we must face in our battle ahead. Esther was at the right place at the right time and did the right thing. Therefore, she had victory over the enemy. HELP”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“God says we must complete the testing before we can obtain the promise. James wrote, “Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised” (Jas. 1:12, NIV). We do not obtain the promise without passing the test.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“• Faith is an expectation that God is faithful. It expects that God will keep His promise. Fear is exactly the opposite. • Fear is an expectation that God will not be faithful. It expects that God will not keep His promise.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“Keep going no matter what. Over the years, I’ve learned that if we press on with God, we do win. The only thing that will cause us to lose during a time of testing is stopping. If we keep moving, God will make a way and we will win. James”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“We find in Numbers 21 that the people got to another place where they didn’t seem able to move forward, and they grew very thirsty without water. We too will have dry times along the path to our promise. God commanded the people to gather and sing. Verse 17 informs us that they began to sing, “Spring up, O well,” the well began to fill with water so that they could drink and be refreshed. When we stop and praise, we will advance. Corporate worship is necessary for our victories in the days ahead. We need to find our place of corporate worship. Even if we don’t feel like worshiping, we need to worship. God will refresh us; He will give us strength; and we will be able to advance.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“Any time we experience loss, trauma, wounding or injustice, our mind-set can go in two directions: We can live believing that God can heal and forgive, or our thoughts can form around attitudes of rejection, self-defense and self-pity.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“However, I saw the blessings on them in heavenly places. All of a sudden the stirring inside of me felt like an explosion. I said to the Lord, “What is going on?” It seemed as if He impressed me with a loud voice, “I am releasing My faith in you!” I felt like I had so much faith inside that I would explode and turn over the bus I was riding in! I then said to the Lord, “What do I do with this faith?” He replied, “Give it away.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“1. We should desire to worship God in a new way. Worship is an expression of faith! In”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many. Yet in the natural realm there was no way for Abraham to get there. Both Abraham and Sarah were too old to have a child. Yet because they walked in faith, the promise became reality, even though they had to wait 25 more years after the promise to see it fulfilled.”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Restoring Your Shield of Faith

“When we accept a lie, no matter how Satan got us to believe it, we transfer our belief from one Father (God) to believing another father (the enemy of our souls).”
― Chuck D. Pierce, Possessing Your Inheritance: Take Hold of God's Destiny for Your Life