Quotes from Gene Edwards

Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them.

God has a university. It's a small school. Few enroll; even fewer graduate.

So this is how it feels to be a man tempted—face to face—by the tempter. So

It is an unfortunate fact that no one has yet invented a Geiger counter which we can place over a man's heart and get a good read out of what he is really like inside. Time and time alone can accomplish that.

No," he said, now in a voice with a touch of eloquence, "authority from God is not afraid of challengers, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned. "That

When you come before the Lord, it is not necessary that you think upon the Lord. It is only necessary that you continue in your progress.

They have come to my Gethsemane. So also will each of you--for every man must one day face his own Gethsemane.

I find it curious that men who feel qualified to split God's kingdom do not feel capable of going somewhere else, to another land, to raise up a completely new kingdom. No, they must steal from another leader. I have never seen the exception. They seem always to need at least a few pre-packaged followers.

It is far more important to me that I come to know my Lord in living reality than it is to be in ministry without it.

We will come to know the Lord, to walk with Him, by learning to fellowship with Him in the worst and busiest of days. You and I will find Him in the crush of life, not in sequestration.

God does not transform you on a bed of light, life, and grace. His transformation is done on the cross in darkness, poverty, and death.

Korah approached

David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand. And what was that? God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel.

he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood...God wanted a broken vessel.

You can easily tell when someone has been hit by a spear. he turns a deep shade of bitter. David never got hit. Gradually, he learned a very well-kept secret... One, never learn anything about the fashionable, easily mastered art of spear throwing. Two, stay out of the company of all spear throwers. And three, keep your mouth tightly closed. In this way, spears will never touch you, even when they pierce your heart.

Rules were invented by elders so they could get to bed early. Men who speak endlessly on authority only prove they have none. And kings who make speeches about submission only betray twin fears in their hearts: they are not certain they are really true leaders, sent of God. And they live in mortal fear of a rebellion... No... authority from God is not afraid of challenges, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned.

you must carry the cross with Christ in this life. Soon enough there will come a time when you will no longer suffer. You will reign with God and He will wipe away your tears with His own hand. In His presence, pain and sighing will forever flee away.

Do not add to the cross in your life by becoming so busy that you have no time to sit quietly before God. Do not resist what God brings into your life. Be willing to suffer if that is what is needed. Overactivity and stubbornness will only increase your anguish.

It appears that having a close walk with the Lord is not religiously acceptable.

Collect yourself in His presence with the one purpose and intent of loving Him. Come to Him as one who is giving himself to God. Behold Him in the most inward recess of your spirit that you can find.

If godliness is not from deep within you, it is only a mask.

He who takes up the sword perishes by the sword. He who refuses to take up the sword perishes on the cross.

What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed?

Beginning empty-handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them.