Quotes from Stephen Seamands

Any work for God that has less than a passion for Jesus Christ as its motive will end in crushing heartbreak and discouragement.

Sometimes we can miss God's work by our very desire to do God's will!

there is a profound difference between doing things for God and doing what God tells us to do.

only one Person can live the Christian life, and that is Christ Himself; and only as I trust Him to live His life in me, can I possibly live the quality of life that satisfies the heart of God and challenges the world in which I witness.19

Marriage] is disturbingly intense, disruptively involving, and that is exactly the way it was designed to be.

The greatest danger that success brings, aside from arrogance, is the fear of losing what has been gained. The courage and willingness to risk that breed success are endangered after success is obtained."26

The trinitarian circle of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is therefore an open, not a closed, circle.

Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires that you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked-the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.

there is a world of difference between being productive and being fruitful,

ministry is participating with Christ in his ongoing ministry as he offers himself to others through us.