Quotes by Pastors - Page 134

What God expects us to attempt He also enables us to achieve.
Stephen Olford
To truly be better than your past self, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours and you must invest so much time building yourself up.
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In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna--a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night--to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.
Charles R. Swindoll
Find the interest of people and help them achieve their calling
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Focus on your relationship with God, make doing His wills your priority and together with Him you will be the head and not the tail
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I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you developed endurance, perseverance and will-to-win as a core part of your character
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Invest your evaporating life and reap greatness. Invest your evaporating time and leave a legacy behind for future generations. Take this short time that you have on earth and convert it into greatness.
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Knowing that God is backing up our words and actions makes us strong, firm and courageous in any trial or persecution
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If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.
Alistair Begg
Taking decision and acting out our decisions leads to increase
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When there’s darkness, there are all kinds of evil things happening, rebellion is there, and corruption is operating.
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The prosperity of a person is directly proportional to the level of his giving.
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The time of the third millennium is the time when the people of God will walk, covered byGod’s glory, performing great wonders and miracles.
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He who does not know how to receive another person, honor him and provide common help is not considered to be worthy of deserving honor from others
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...when you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you'll get to rest and relax until He says, 'Go.
Charles R. Swindoll
The big idea here is not, have you sinned, but are you changing?
Mark Driscoll
As soon as you start fulfilling your purpose your adversaries will appear
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To Be Empowered Is To Fulfill Destiny
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The worship of God shouldn’t be done in church alone, but in all our actions and our attitude towards His creation
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What you cannot understand you don’t treasure.
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To invest your time is to convert it into some products that could benefit humanity.
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God opens heavenly doors for us when we are rejected by people
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For the place God calls us into isn’t doubt free—how can any place where we walk by faith and not by sight be that? No, the holy wild is where we have driving and haunting doubts, God-hungry doubts that pull us to our knees, force us to the Word, make us wrestle all night and not let go until He blesses us. The holy wild throngs with true skeptics.
Mark Buchanan
Our world is structured in such a way for you not to even know and for you not to even be told and for you not to even think about it that your life is disappearing gradually and that you are left only with very little life and time.
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We don’t drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.
Andy Stanley
So because you are converting it, you are grabbing back your life.
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If you want to be different, if you want to be better than normal, then you must live differently.
Craig Groeschel
A voice of one insulted by injustice will make others to be delivered from the same injustice.
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God's people are the stage upon which His forgiveness becomes visible. They are never more authentic than when they ask for forgiveness and forgive others.
Matt Chandler
Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.
Joel Osteen
Never look at how others who live dishonestly become rich, look at God and His holiness
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I see that the culture that is prevalent right now in Nigeria and indeed Africa is the culture of GET RICH QUICK.
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Just because lips have met doesn't mean hearts have joined. And just because two bodies are drawn to each other doesn't mean two people are right for each other. A physical relationship does not equal love.
Joshua Harris
Understanding the principles of reproduction is to multiply
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You are a unique individual with your own special features that you need to carry on your life mission
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More than any other attribute of Jesus, his humility is the key to a healthy marriage. If two people make it their goal to imitate the humility of Christ, everything else will take care of itself.
Francis Chan
A Sunrise is God's way of saying, "Let's start again.
Todd Stocker
We usually expect too much from people. Often we judge them based on their actions even as we judge ourselves based on our intentions.
Chris Hodges
God wants to show the advantage of His kingdom to the world, but He will not do this without us
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The churches are preaching miracles and not gospel of the kingdom.
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Stop living in the illusion that some ones anointing will help you rip from where you have not sown
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We are only as sick as our secrets.
Rob Bell
Your calling is God’s trust to you
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God never said that the journey will be easy, but he did said that the arrival will be worthwhile
Max Lucado
When we possess something without knowing its value, we abuse it.
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To Be Raised Without An Earthly Father Is Never An Excuse Not To Discover Purpose
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We are called to serve God and not to rely on our achievement in ministry
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We have come to love darkness in the church rather than finding God in creation.
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Prepare yourself for your future ministry which God has determined for you
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The mandate of God to man, believers and unbelievers alike is that they should manage the earth for God.
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Don’t invest everything in another man’s calling
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Realize that your gift does not only belong to you
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Cultivating spiritual intimacy is essential for leaders to live a vibrant missional life.
Gary Rohrmayer
When we try to focus our thought upon One who is pure uncreated being we may see nothing at all, for He dwelleth in light that no man can approach unto. Only by faith and love are we able to glimpse Him as He passes by our shelter in the cleft of the rock.
A.W. Tozer
If you don’t walk according to the Word of God, then you are on the way that leads to self-destruction
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Joblessness is a rare privilege
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When you see injustice among the nations, you will find out that the root cause is covetousness.
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It is unpardonable for you to leave this world without recording some greatness in your account.
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Life has its demands from every one of us who live on planet earth.
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The very nature of the gospel is Jesus inviting the disciples on an adventure. To do what they'd never done and go where they'd never gone. Never a dull moment! You cannot follow Jesus and be bored at the same time.
Mark Batterson