David Wilkerson Quotes

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.
David Wilkerson

How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.
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Great, God, Forget

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.
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Life, Time, Evil

As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises.
David Wilkerson

Pain, True, Through

In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.
David Wilkerson

Trust, God, Him

Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath.
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Lost, Christ, Died

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.
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Change, Nation, Wicked

Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America.
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Teen, America, Challenge

A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.
David Wilkerson

Age, Patience, Learn

Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.
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Happen, Miracles, Streets

Many of those who once were so passionately in love with Christ now run about pursuing their own interests. They're burdened down with stress and problems, chasing after riches and the things of this world.
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Love, Stress, Down

Likewise today, some Christians are content to merely exist until they die. They don't want to risk anything, to believe God, to grow or mature. They refuse to believe his Word, and have become hardened in their unbelief. Now they're living just to die.
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God, Today, Die

Our ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances.
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Free, Debt, Ministry

The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen.
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Fear, Greatest, Happen

The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.
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Women, Teen, Humble

America is a giving nation and very compassionate.
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Giving, America, Nation

Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors.
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Both, Cancer, Daughters

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.
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Heart, Times, Holy

From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.
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Beginning, Ministry

God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.
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God, History, Long

Gwen and I have four children and ten grandchildren.
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Children, Four, Ten

I am not officially involved now in the direction of the Teen Challenge ministry, but I rejoice that God permits me to be the father of these ministries.
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God, Teen, Father

I believe in walking in the Spirit.
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Spirit, Walking

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.
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Write, Writers, Message

My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences.
David Wilkerson

Son, Oldest, Travels

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: May 19, 1931

Died: April 27, 2011

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