Top 80 Nancy Leigh DeMoss Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

2. “God can be trusted. He keeps His promises. He doesn’t make any mistakes.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

3. “Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will – the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God. It is saying “Yes, Lord!” – no resistance, no chafing, no stubbornness – simply submitting myself to His direction and will in my life.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

4. “When God calls you to do something, He provides everything it takes to get it done.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

5. “True brokenness is a lifestyle – a moment-by-moment lifestyle of agreeing with God about the true condition of my heart and life – not as everyone else thinks it is but as He knows it to be.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

6. “True Joy is not the absence of pain but the sanctifying, sustaining presence of the Lord Jesus in the midst of the pain.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

7. “God’s Will is what we would choose if we knew what God knows.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

8. “Obedience is the pathway to blessing. It’s the means of protection. It’s the means of joy. It’s the means to finding God’s best in our lives.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

9. “Worship is a believer’s response to God’s revelation of Himself. It is expressing wonder, awe, and gratitude for the worthiness, the greatness, and the goodness of our Lord. It is the appropriate response to God’s person, His provision, His power, His promises, and His plan.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

10. “The word hospitality in the New Testament comes from two Greek words. The first word means love and the second word means strangers. Its a word that means love of strangers.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

11. “Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

12. “We want gain without pain; we want the resurrection without going through the grave; we want life without experiencing death; we want a crown without going by way of the Cross. But in God’s economy, the way up is down.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

13. “The more we hold on to our hurts, anger and bitterness, the more we become slaves to unforgiveness.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

14. “We will never meet God in revival until we have first met Him in brokenness.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

15. “Sound theology should always lead us to doxology and transformation.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

16. “Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will – the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

17. “Every time you and I bow our heads in surrender to the will of God, we embrace the cross and we manifest to the world the heart of Christ who bowed His head to the will of His Father.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

18. “The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

19. “Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must devote ourselves to the reading, study, and meditation of His Word.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

20. “The Christian life is not about all the things we do for God – it’s about being loved by Him, loving Him in return, and walking in intimate union and communion with Him.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

21. “Gratitude has a big job to do in us and our hearts. It is one of the chief ways that God infuses joy and resilience into the daily struggle of life.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

22. “Bitterness grows in us when we fail to see the trouble and pain in our lives from God’s point of view, and when our expectations of what life should be diverge from the reality of what life really is.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

23. “An evidence that our will has been broken is that we begin to thank God for that which once seemed so bitter, knowing that his will is good and that, in His time and in His way, He is able to make the most bitter waters sweet.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

24. “I am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable – in our homes, our churches, and our culture. Will you be one of those women?”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

25. “Mark it down – your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

26. “Thinking of what Jesus did NOT say from the cross: not a bitter, angry, unkind, whining, profane, unnecessary word. There is none like Him!”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

27. “Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

28. “There is no man on the face of the earth who can satisfy the deepest longings of a woman’s heart – God made us in such a way that we can never be truly satisfied with anything or anyone less than Himself.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

29. “There may be some issue where God is calling you to surrender. I don’t know what you may be struggling with, but whatever it is, let me just encourage you: Don’t delay obedience.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

30. “God is good whether or not His choices seem right to us, whether or not we feel it, whether or not it seems true, and whether or not He gives us everything that we want.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

31. “Jesus was not conquered by death. By His death, He conquered death.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

32. “Men like to flirt with, and sometimes even date a wild child, but those women aren’t usually first on their lists for marriage or motherhood.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

33. “Proud people keep others at arm’s length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

34. “Don’t wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

35. “Don’t assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don’t have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

36. “Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

37. “Instead of fixing all your problems, God may be wanting to use your problems to teach you to trust and obey Him.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

38. “It’s bad enough for me to make choices that hurt my own relationship with God. How much more serious is it to be the cause of someone else deciding to sin? Not only must I choose the pathway of holiness for God’s sake and for my own sake; I must also do it for the sake of others.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

39. “Gratitude unleashes the freedom to live content in the moment, rather than being anxious about the future or regretting the past.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

40. “We want God to fix all our problems. God says instead, “I have a purpose for your problems. I want to use your problems to change you and to reveal My grace and power to the world.” That is the Truth – and the Truth will set you free.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

41. “Christmas is all about surrender. It’s all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

42. “Each of us is accountable to God for our personal holiness. Humbling yourself by letting others into your life and allowing them to help you and hold you accountable will release the sanctifying, transforming grace of God in your life.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

43. “Revival is not just an emotional touch; it’s a complete takeover!”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

44. “Men are not inspired to protect women who are naked, but instead to conquer and violate them; they want to protect those who are clothed.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

45. “The consequences of an ungrateful spirit are not as readily seen as, say, those of a contagious disease. But they are no less deadly. Western civilization has fallen prey to an epidemic of ingratitude. Like a poisonous vapor, this subtle sin is polluting our lives, our homes, our churches, and our culture.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

46. “Wearing a low-cut, cleavage-revealing top is called suggestive. What does it suggest? That there is more than what you now see, and I may let you look closer since I’m already willing to give you this much of a peek.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

47. “O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known, knowing that in doing we link arms with Omnipotence and become instruments of Your eternal purposes being fulfilled on this earth.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

48. “False humility and morbid introspection are, in fact, the opposite of brokenness, as they reveal a preoccupation with self, rather than Christ.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

49. “Again and again, God’s Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

50. “God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.”

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss