Quotes About Ministry

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

The church that does not evangelize will fossilize.

God can, has and will use anybody who is open to serving Him to convey the gospel. He will bless the efforts of His servants whether they are gifted as evangelizers or not.

We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

Religion is a more or less organized way of remembering that every ministry points to a higher reality.

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.

A pastor without anointing is just a religious professor

Our "ministry" should be an overflowing of our lives, an overflowing of our walk with Jesus Christ! We aren't our ministry, it's an byproduct of our relationship with Jesus Christ!

Now, it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about.

Lord, give us a ministry where the sun will never set.

As a pastor our main ministry is exhortation.

The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

Las iglesias con frecuencia eligen a un nuevo pastor en base a su personalidad, apariencia, o carisma, y no en los requisitos bíblicos de piedad, doctrina, y su habilidad de manejar la Palabra de Dios.

Los pastores deben sacrificar sus aspiraciones personales de grandeza y deshacerse de todo deseo de convertirse en una celebridad cristiana y estar dispuesto (si es necesario) a ministrar en la oscuridad.

If pastors are not ready at all times to preach, they are neglecting one of their principle responsibilities. Pastors

Interestingly enough, immediately after Yamani was dismissed from his ministry, the university had its name changed. For whatever reason, today it is officially known as King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

After Jesus' fast, he began healing, rescuing, redeeming. The Spirit filled up the emptiness Jesus created, launching him into ministry. In some supernatural way the abstinence from food was the catalyst for Jesus' unveiling; the real fireworks were next.

Many people feel that they must surrender their personalities in order to become more Christlike....When we are in Christ, we will be more ourselves than ever. Encouraging others to be themselves, their honest selves, was the hallmark of Fred's ministry here on earth. It was the best gift he could offer.

For his entire adulthood and throughout his public ministry in Texas, John R. Rice had avoided talking about the subject of race. He had never, by any published report or in the memory of any of his friends or family members or in any sermon in The Sword of the Lord, attacked or defended the institution of slavery or the subjugation of black people by white people.

A principal leader of the revival movement in east Tennessee was Samuel Doak, the Presbyterian minister who had delivered his famous "Sword of the Lord" sermon in 1780 sending the Tennessee militia off to defeat the British. As the fires of revival flared up in the 1800s, Doak converted to abolitionism, freed all his slaves, and then traveled the countryside preaching that any true Christian would condemn and work to end the institution of slavery.

And then my husband works every second weekend, sermons on Sunday, baptising on Saturdays, weddings.

Well, the mission statement of Heart of David is that we're a ministry of evangelism and encouragement. Evangelism meaning that I evangelize I travel on a weekly basis to churches not only churches but I find myself doing a lot more men's events, I talk to a lot more men and I go to a lot of prisons.

I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still when I tremble under the weight of trying to speak a word for God.