God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.
– Hudson Taylor –
Ministry
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 –
Live your sermon – Francis of Assisi
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
– Francis of Assisi –
What God blesses – Bill Hull
God has not promised to bless our good motives, dreams and innovation. He has promised to bless His plan, that plan is that disciples make other disciples—everything else is a sideshow.
– Bill Hull –
Evidence of a holy life – JC Ryle
People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.
– JC Ryle –