Quotes from Brother Andrew

As I did, there, in perfect condition, to be admired by five sets of wondering eyes, was an enormous, glistening, moist, chocolate cake.

I thought that I would never reach for it again without remembering the old granny in front of me now, standing almost on tiptoe, squinting as she strained to see the words in the Bible her son held aloft.

The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission. Her work is making disciples of all nations.

The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh." —Exodus 7:1 Jesus gives us the same privilege God gave to Moses—to speak for Him to a hostile world.

don't curse the darkness but light a candle.

As long as we see any person as an enemy—whether Communist, Muslim or terrorist—then the love of God cannot flow through us to reach them.

But bit by bit as I got to know Yugoslavia better, I became aware of the slow wearing-down process the government was exerting on Christians. The effort seemed to be centered on the children. Leave the old folks alone, but wean the young people away from the church.

Technology, Andrew says, makes us far too accessible to the demands and pressures of the moment. 'Our first priority should be listening in patience and silence for the voice of God.

Uncle Hoppy only laughed. "Just you wait," he said. "Before we get home we will meet the man who was supposed to be in that chair. And when we do, his heart will be prepared. Time and place are our own limitations, Andy; we mustn't impose them upon God." And

It's not that we don't know the principles of righteousness. The issue is whether we have the courage to act on them.

She began by reminding me of the scriptural injunction that the ox grinding the corn must not be kept from enjoying the grain. Did I think God felt less about His human workers? Hadn't I better examine myself to be sure I was not nursing a Sacrificial Spirit? Wasn't I claiming to depend upon God, but living as if my needs would be met by my own scrimping?

I have come to see clearly that life is more than self. It is more than doing what I want, striving for what will benefit me, dreaming of all I can be. Life is all about my relationship with God. There is no higher calling, no loftier dream, and no greater goal than to live, breathe, and be poured out for Jesus Christ." --Jamie in Brother Andrew's "The Calling

I am a fool for Christ...whose fool are you?

We have to live a life that is more revolutionary than that of the revolutionaries.

The bigger the darkness, the easier it is to spot your little light.

You can get in anywhere if you go to serve.

That's the excitement in obedience, finding out later what God had in mind.

Don't curse the darkness but light a candle.

Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.

Don't complain to yourselves that you can't go to the mission field! Thank God for bringing the mission field to you!

Why are we worried!" Rolf said suddenly. "This is God's work. He'll make a way for us.

Whenever, wherever, however You want me, I'll go. And I'll begin this very minute. Lord, as I stand up from this place, and as I take my first step forward, will You consider this is a step toward complete obedience to You? I'll call it the step of yes.

Our prayers can go where we cannot...there are no borders, no prison walls, no doors that are closed to us when we pray.

I think you're like one of your own lumps of clay, Andy. God has a plan for you, and He's trying to get you into the center of it, and you keep dodging and slithering away.