--- title: "1 Change Believe Quotes By Jay E. Adams" description: "1 Change Believe quotes by Jay E. Adams. Plus more from Jay E. Adams and more Change Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/jay-e-adams-7350_change_christians-never-should-fear-change-they_1676171.jpg" --- > [“Christians never should fear change. They must believe in change so long as the change is oriented toward godliness. The Christian life is a life of continual change. In the Scriptures it is called a “walk,” not a rest. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/christians-never-should-fear-change-they-must-believe-in-change-so/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/jay-e-adams-7350_change_christians-never-should-fear-change-they_1676171.jpg) ## More by Jay E. Adams > [“No man is free to ignore God’s standards. No one has the right to choose not to serve God, for God has made man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/no-man-is-free-to-ignore-god-s-standards-no-one-has-the-right-to/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is at work, one of the discernible evidences of His presence is changed personalities. Men can and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/wherever-the-spirit-of-the-lord-is-at-work-one-of-the-discernible/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“When clients think they are helpless, that some strange mysterious force is at work overpowering them, and they say that I Corinthians 10:13 does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/when-clients-think-they-are-helpless-that-some-strange-mysterious/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/nouthetic-counseling-then-necessarily-embodies-involvement-of-the/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/while-victories-in-the-struggle-are-possible-through-christ-vs-25/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/but-even-that-distress-must-be-balanced-by-enthusiastic-hope-it-is/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/the-fourth-response-is-christian-it-can-be-solved-through-christ/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected change right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/nowhere-does-the-bible-say-that-one-must-wait-for-change-jesus-did/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As a basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/the-christian-cheerfully-asserts-the-possibility-of-thorough-rapid/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/there-are-at-least-seven-separately-definable-elements-involved-in/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ. The Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/we-are-to-vigorously-and-violently-demolish-all-the-fortifications-of/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/most-cases-of-child-discipline-may-be-solved-by-establishing/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“Counselees continually confuse learned behavior patterns with inherited nature (phusis). Counselors may take it as a rule that any quality of life, attitude of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/counselees-continually-confuse-learned-behavior-patterns-with/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions and responses.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/the-christian-is-free-from-all-other-human-beings-he-does-not-have-to/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) > [“Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/similarly-the-scriptures-urge-the-believer-to-be-what-god-has/) [Jay E. 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