Quotes About Ministry

Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger.

Others work among the spirits that have just arrived in the world of spirits. Again others raise the children who have died in infancy. Swedenborg ensures the parents of these infants that 'All children whether born within or outside of the church, are adopted by the Lord and become Angels'.

being ordained is not about serving God perfectly but about serving God visibly, allowing other people to learn whatever they can from watching you rise and fall.

Think hard before you do this," one said to me when I told him I wanted to be ordained. "Right now, you have the broadest ministry imaginable. As a layperson, you can serve God no matter what you do for a living, and you can reach out to people who will never set foot inside a church. Once you are ordained, that is going to change. Every layer of responsibility you add is going to narrow your ministry, so think hard before you choose a smaller box.

Let's just say that an introverted romantic with a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder does not make the best pastor.

The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification.

I have led many high-profile people to the Lord.

if I am not unfrequently sad, I yet cast no more of a shade on the earth, than most men who have lived in it as long as I. I have a strange feeling sometimes, that I am a ghost, sent into the world to minister to my fellow men, or, rather, to repair the wrongs I have already done. May the world be brighter for me, at least in those portions of it, where my darkness falls not.

began to talk about the parish.

The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs.

Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.

Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America.

It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.

I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.

Let the Church remember this: that every maker and worker is called to serve God in his profession or trade—not outside it. Whatever we are called to "do" is not a "job" but a sacred vocation.

kingdom mission is church mission, church mission is kingdom mission, and there is no kingdom mission that is not church mission.

The business we are about is the ministry of the Word, and the ministry of the Word seeks to grow up believers in Jesus Christ.

When you see yourself as a discipler, you will rethink how you preach, what you preach, and why you preach.

You have two jobs in funding your ministry. God has three—and His are harder! Yours are the following: Invite friends, family, and acquaintances to join your support team. Thank, inform, and minister to your giving partners. God's three jobs are more complicated: Calling you to ministry. Surrounding you with potential partners. Leading them to make stewardship decisions

Of course, prayer ought to permeate all we do in ministry, but it's especially important in fundraising.

But ministry growth is never a good indicator of a church leader's spiritual and emotional health.

For those in local church ministry, your Sabbath is not going to be Sunday. Don't even try. But you need one day to allow God to have the room, space, and quiet needed to renew your soul.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted. (Isa. 61:1)

One of the occupational hazards of vocational ministry is equating doing things for Jesus and spending time with Jesus. The joy of being used by the Lord can mimic the delights of walking closely with the Lord, at least for a while. But preaching and applying the gospel to others is not the same thing as preaching and praying it deeper into one's own heart.