Satan is so much more in earnest than we are—he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.
– Amy Carmichael –
Ministry
New theologians – Andrew Murray
May God raise up from among our theologians many who will dedicate their lives to see that God’s Holy Spirit is recognized in the lives of believers, in the ministry of the Word by tongue and pen, and in all the work done in His church.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Indwelling Spirit
Living as a Christian where you are – Henry Ward Beecher
If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
– Henry Ward Beecher –
God uses weak men – Hudson Taylor
God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.
– Hudson Taylor –
Catch on fire – John Wesley
Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
– John Wesley –
Fulfill the Great Commission – Oswald J. Smith
Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.
– Oswald J. Smith –
Occupied with Christ – CH Mackintosh
The man who will present Christ to others must be occupied with Christ for Himself.
– CH Mackintosh –
Preach, die, be forgotten – Count Zinzendorf
Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.
– Count Zinzendorf –
Converts or Disciples – Jim Putnam
Jesus’ mission is not to make converts, and it never has been. His mission is to make disciples.
– Jim Putnam –