Steve Bremner > Quotes

“In his book, Holy Spirit, Revelation and Revolution: Exploring Holy Spirit Dimensions, Reinhard Bonnke says: “Prayer is not enough to rouse a dead church. It needs the power of the Word imbued with the life of the Spirit. Life comes from the living Word. What we can do and what we should do is preach the Word. Praying for God to work is fine, but praying for Him to do what we should be doing is pointless. We cannot send his Spirit anywhere. He moves with us, and He is where we are. We cannot pray for God to save souls and bless people and then wait for something to happen. He sends us with the Word and the Spirit awaits us. It is our privilege to work for him, save souls for him.  For anyone who thinks they do not have strength or power, the Word is their strength and their power. There are two important things to note: Holy Spirit meetings without the Word are human meetings, and prayer is not a substitute for the Word.” 1”
― Steve Bremner, 6 Lies People Believe About Divine Healing

“R.T. Kendall states in his recent book on the Holy Spirit, I don’t mean to be unfair, but I have long suspected that, were it not for the gift of tongues, many evangelicals (many of whom are not cessationists) would have no objection to the gifts of the Spirit. The stigma (offense) is not with regard to wisdom; who doesn’t want and need wisdom? It is not with regard to having words of knowledge, the gift of faith, prophecy, discerning of spirits, the miraculous, or healing. The offense is invariably speaking in tongues. Why? As my friend Charles Carrin has put it, tongues is the only gift of the Spirit that challenges our pride. There is no stigma attached to any of the other gifts. Only tongues.1”
― Steve Bremner, 9 Lies People Believe about Speaking in Tongues: Crushing Myths and Fallacies about the Wonderful Gift God Gives Freely

“Remember when Ezekiel spoke to the dry bones: the Spirit acted and did the work. Ezekiel didn’t wait for the Spirit to move first, and then “follow” or be “led” by the Spirit and verbally repeat the obvious. He spoke the words of God, and the Holy Spirit energized and activated them. He spoke, and the Spirit of God brought the life – He created living organisms afresh as the bones connected, and flesh appeared on them and created a new living army! But alas, the Holy Spirit can only confirm HIS”
― Steve Bremner, 6 Lies People Believe About Divine Healing

“Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:23-24) And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:17-20)”
― Steve Bremner, Increase Your Faith: Practical Steps to Help you Believe for the Impossible

“James 5:15-16,  "And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
― Steve Bremner, 6 Lies People Believe About Divine Healing

“We can all teach what we know and think, but we reproduce who we are.”
― Steve Bremner, The Imperishable Seed of Christ

“Remember when Ezekiel spoke to the dry bones: the Spirit acted and did the work. Ezekiel didn’t wait for the Spirit to move first, and then “follow” or be “led” by the Spirit and verbally repeat the obvious. He spoke the words of God, and the Holy Spirit energized and activated them. He spoke, and the Spirit of God brought the life – He created living organisms afresh as the bones connected, and flesh appeared on them and created a new living army! But alas, the Holy Spirit can only confirm HIS word, not our ideas or opinions and certainly not our bad theology.”
― Steve Bremner, 6 Lies People Believe About Divine Healing

“If you sit and watch hours of television every day or spend hours on social media sites, but spend only a few moments in the presence of the Lord, then you’re not in a healthy place as far as your spiritual inner man is concerned. The things you feed your heart are what will be there to come out of your mouth.”
― Steve Bremner, The Imperishable Seed of Christ

“This is why many corrupting images are sent our way through television and the media. It is a spiritual and even natural fact that we are most impressionable when we are young. Therefore it is the habits we develop early in life that lay a foundation and form us for the rest of our lives. The same is true spiritually.”
― Steve Bremner, The Imperishable Seed of Christ

“It is up to us to edify, encourage, and exhort each other towards maturity, since we are all the collective Body of Christ. We should inspire fellow believers towards that which God has designed for us, as individuals, to become in Him and in His Body.”
― Steve Bremner, The Imperishable Seed of Christ

“Everything we watch, read, and spend our time doing is feeding our spirits in some way, whether good or bad.”
― Steve Bremner, The Imperishable Seed of Christ