Quotes by Pastors - Page 18

Things are not working for us because our focus is lost
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It is God’s desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul
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It is necessary to grow up in maturity, firmness and courage in order to reach the goal
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When you begin to serve people, salvation locates you
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Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits.
Gary Rohrmayer
More so God didn’t choose to resolve the problem of the earth by sending PRAYERS but by sending his son
Sunday Adelaja
No man can achieve success if he didn’t first know the value of time.
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A thought can be cast down by speaking out loud words of resistance and words of God.
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Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse--no man-made laws anyway--this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse.
Randy Alcorn
We no longer produce laborers, we would rather pray to God to send laborers to come and build our cities
Sunday Adelaja
My feelings are important for many things. They are essential and valuable. They keep me aware of much that is true and real. But they tell me next to nothing about God or my relation to God. My security comes from who God is, not from how I feel. Discipleship is a decision to live by what I know about God, not by what I feel about Him or my neighbors.
Eugene H. Peterson
Serve God and get grace to serve people
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We were created to be deliverers to the people
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We have mainly been taught to just stay in the church, be faithful, serve the church, and serve the man of God.
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Everybody gets to play.
John Wimber
Spiritual victory is not something you earn - it is something you accept. The Christian life is not so much about what you have done - it's about what Christ has done. It's not so much about how strong you are - it's about how strong God is.
Alan D. Wright
The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.
Alistair Begg
Life’s opportunities are meant to be utilized and explored
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You must consciously and carefully write out a plan of achieving your goals
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You must understand that your creativity comes alive when you spend time alone focusing on your projects without distractions.
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It is important to give, not only to those closer to us, also to our enemies.
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In order to know how to pray for people, we have first to determine: Whether, they are saved or not.
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When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.
A.W. Tozer
In order to have success, you have to concentrate on your goals.
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Living for your purpose warrants eternal blessings
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To be scorned in the public because of your race is to let you know that you are pregnant with a massive potential about to be delivered
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You stand the risk of misfortunes, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.
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It is necessary to analyze all the restricting beliefs and complexes, which we acquired in childhood, from family, school and society
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No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused dedicated disciplined.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
He takes no pleasure in human tears. He came and wept that He might stop forever the fountain of human tears. He came and bereaved His mother that He might heal all bereavement. He came and lost everything that He might heal the wounds that we have from losing things. And He wants us to take pleasure in Him. Let us put away our doubts and trust Him.
A.W. Tozer
Measure your life by the value you have added.
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What you don’t understand you cannot treasure
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It is values that dictate your responses.
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It means that the lack of knowledge is the foundation for all life failures, destruction, depression, difficulties, hatred, bitterness, envy, etc.
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It is almost an unbearable pain, to suddenly recognize the value of what you had being ignorant of which had been your possession
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We refuse to put guards on duty, we would rather pray for God’s protection.
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Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.
Randy Alcorn
Not to have a confused church is to teach paramount importance of the truth
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If a man realizes who he is, he will not react to the negative things surrounding him
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God had already determined your success even before you were born
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If the Bible is called the Good Book, it's not because its people are. Blood flows as freely through the stories as the ink through the quills that penned them.
Max Lucado
The purpose of the church is outreach
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Reveal your gift and make it perfect
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I therefore submit to you that what qualifies a person to be called a man according to God, is the ability of the individual to live by the right standard and values that heaven values. Standards like, justice, judgement, truth and equity.
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Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
Max Lucado
The gospel of becoming a good believer cripples believers
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Whoever ego motivates becomes an idol worshipper
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As a matter of fact, people erroneously think that life is about spending.
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God is waiting for you to bear fruits
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God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them correct them bring them in line with His will and then hand them back to us to be resubmitted.
Stephen Crotts
The fame is birthed through the opposition. The success through the dynamism of fighting the despair. No fight, No lift!
Paul Gitwaza
The virtues of your character is more important the public opinion.
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Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.
Craig Groeschel
To introduce to people a radically difference paradigm for life is to give the best response
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Make correct conclusions from the negative solutions you have experienced
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Your goal and destination also fill your life with meaning and make it significant
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God made us for a specific purpose
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Trust always defeats every rebellion
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We have to confront ignorance in our nation.
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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
Francis Chan