Top 35 Henry T. Blackaby Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “When God speaks, he does not give new revelation about himself that contradicts what he has already revealed in Scripture. Rather, God speaks to give application of his Word to the specific circumstances in your life. When God speaks to you, he is not writing a new book of Scripture; rather, he is applying to your life what he has already said in his Word.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

2. “Ezekiel 36:26: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

3. “The willingness to obey every word from God is critical to hearing God speak.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

4. “1. God is love – His will is always best. 2. God is all-knowing – His directions are always right. 3. God is all-powerful – He can enable you to accomplish His will.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

5. “Many people have grown up attending church and hearing about God all their lives, but they do not have a personal, dynamic, growing relationship with God.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

6. “When you offer yourself to God as His servant, He first expects to shape you into the instrument of His choosing. He will always work in you before He works through you.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

7. “Biblically, God always gives the assignment first. Then God equips the person by the Holy Spirit to accomplish what He assigns.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

8. “Anyone who enters into an intimate relationship with God can see God do exceptional things through his or her life. The outcome does not depend upon a person being unusually gifted, educated, or wealthy. The key is the indwelling presence of God doing unusual things.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

9. “Rather than focusing on what our church is doing for us, we ought to be asking what God is seeking to do in our church through us.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

10. “People don’t ask questions about spiritual matters unless God is at work in their lives. When you see someone seeking God or asking questions about Christianity, you are witnessing God at work.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

11. “Jesus was the Son of God. Yet He never took the initiative to dream a dream or launch a new ministry. He lived His life in absolute dependence upon His Father. If Jesus was that dependent on the Father, then you and I should realize how ludicrous it is for us to set out on our own without any direction or guidance from the Father.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

12. “If you want to determine whether God loves you, don’t look at your current situation; look to the cross.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

13. “There comes a point in your life when the Lord opens your eyes to understand what the Christian life was meant to be. It isn’t just going to heaven when you die; it’s dying to self on earth and allowing Him to live through you.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

14. “The man God uses does not pattern his life after well-known military strategists, political figures, heroes ofthis world, or other prominent Christians. Rather, he makes an absolute commitment to pattern his life after Jesus Christ as the Master Servant.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

15. “Unless we see God’s activity in the midst of them, we will be unaware of their spiritual significance. They will simply be events in a long succession of confusing occurrences. A miracle could take place, and we would miss it. But if we are sensitive to God’s voice, these same events can hold enormous significance for us. Hudson.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

16. “Anything of spiritual significance that happens in your life will be a result of God’s activity in you. He is infinitely more concerned with your life and your relationship with Him than you or I could possibly be.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

17. “If Christians around the world were to suddenly renounce their personal agendas, their life goals and their aspirations, and begin responding in radical obedience to everything God showed them. the world would be turned upside down. How do we know? Because that’s what first century Christians did, and the world is still talking about it.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

18. “Never allow your heart to question God’s love. Settle it on the front end of your quest to know Him and experience Him: He loves you. Every dealing He has with you is an expression of His love for you. God would not be God if He expressed Himself in any way other than perfect love! What you believe about God’s love for you will be reflected in how you relate to Him. If you really believe God is love, you will also accept that His will is always best.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

19. “There is a world of difference between knowing something to be true in your head and experiencing the reality in your life.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

20. “Right now, God is working all around you.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

21. “Whether you see Him at work is irrelevant to the fact of God’s presence in our world. He is actively and intimately involved in both the affairs of this world and the details of your life.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

22. “Moses had to re-check Gods’ directions constantly. He obeyed God, spoke to Pharaoh, and everything went wrong, but Moses didn’t quit. He went back to the Lord to clarify what was happening.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

23. “Most fear is fear of the unknown. We do not know what lies ahead of us, so we become apprehensive. Our imaginations can magnify problems until they seem insurmountable. We need a sound mind to see things in proper perspective. That is why God gave us His Holy Spirit, to enable us to see things as God sees them.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

24. “I have learned to trust that when my Lord closes a door in my life it is because he loves me too much to give me less than his best.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

25. “Some people can be so disoriented to God that when he begins to work around them, they actually become annoyed at the interruption!”

— Henry T. Blackaby

26. “There are far too many people who settle for practicing a sterile religion rather than enjoying a growing, vibrant, personal relationship with the living God.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

27. “A word from Jesus changed everything.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

28. “God always has a fresh and deeper truth He wants us to learn about Him.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

29. “Some Christians go to great trouble studying Satan’s ways so they can identify his deceptions, but I don’t do that. I’m determined not to focus on Satan – he is defeated. Christ, who guides me and implements His will through me, is the victor. The only way Satan can affect God’s work through me is when I believe Satan and doubt God. Satan will try to deceive you, but he cannot ultimately thwart God’s purposes.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

30. “We look to the Bible but not to get ideas from what people did for God. We look to see what God did in peoples’ lives.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

31. “Baptism, worship attendance, and church involvement are all appropriate, obedient responses to a relationship with God. However, they do not create or replace the relationship.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

32. “Leaders dramatically influence the culture of their organizations through their own work habits. Being a leader does not mean one has ‘made it’ and is now exempt from hard work. Rather, leaders should set the pace for others. Few things discourage employees and volunteers any more than lazy leaders. Leaders should not ask their people to undertake tasks they are unwilling to perform themselves.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

33. “The Father said no, despite the unfathomable love He had for His Son, because He knew He could not spare His Son and save a world. Likewise, the Lord cannot always spare you and your family and complete His redemptive work in those around you. Are you willing for God to deny your pleadings? Will you intercede with the Father so deeply and intimately that even in the midst of your tears you are able to say, “Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done”?”

— Henry T. Blackaby

34. “This father always relates to his children in perfect love. This father is never absent. He is never disinterested. He is never preoccupied. He is never unable to respond to a need.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

35. “At times emerging leaders limit their future possibilities by their impatience. They look for shortcuts to success, but God is methodical. He typically lays a foundation of character before building a superstructure of leadership.”

— Henry T. Blackaby

36. “Christ will lead you into many situations that will seem impossible, but don’t try to avoid them. Stay in the middle of them, for that is where you will experience God.”

— Henry T. Blackaby