Quotes by Pastors - Page 26

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Rick Warren
Only the favor of God can help us find fulfillment as we reveal Jesus Christ to this world.
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[Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you *might* be my witnesses," or "you *could* be my witnesses," or even "you *should* be my witnesses." He said "you *will* be my witnesses.
Charles R. Swindoll
In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undone all of Israel's previous kings, including His mighty ancestor, King David.
Charles R. Swindoll
He who is flexible masters the day.
Todd Stocker
We are scared to make mistakes, so we fret over figuring out God’s will. We wonder what living according to His will would actually look and feel like, and we are scared to find out. We forget that we were never promised a 20-year plan of action; instead, God promises multiple times in Scripture never to leave or forsake us. God wants us to listen to His Spirit on a daily basis, and even throughout the day … My hope is that instead of searching for “God’s will for my life,” each of us would learnt to seek hard after “the Spirit’s leading in my life today.
Francis Chan
If people do not know the rules, they will continue making mistakes and the situation will only worsen.
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God does not hide the mistakes of His heroes
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One of the strongest conviction of delayed gratification is to convince people to have faith in the truth.
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Delayed gratification is to have a strong faith in the laws of nature and the principles of God.
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The first and most important thing that God requires of a man is to bear responsibility for future generations
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If you know that God may soon be entrusting you with a particular ministry, then it's important that you look ahead to what may be awaiting you in the future and see how you can prepare yourself for it
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The level of our responsibility in things of God determines our level of prosperity.
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A leader can lose his people if he does not know the problems they are facing.
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Every person has the responsibility over their own territory.
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In nations where to most people, the personal responsibility of a citizen towards the nation does not really mean anything, most citizens of such nations end up playing the blame game
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The level of Personal Responsibility in developed countries is averagely much higher than is seen in developing nations.
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Personal Responsibility is the state of being the person who caused something to happen.
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Personal Responsibility is something that you should do because it is morally right, legally required, etc.
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Personal Responsibility of each citizen before the nation, is usually well defined in all developed nations.
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So many people don't think seriously about the fact that Personal Responsibility is one of the most essential credentials in National transformation
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Personal Responsibility leads to collective responsibility.
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While we thank God for them and their efforts, we must also know that our generation of believers has the responsibility to take the gospel a bit further. To conquer some more territories and to expand the influence of the kingdom to a higher horizon
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While we thank God for them and their efforts, we must also know that our generation of believers have the responsibility to take the gospel a bit further
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We laugh and jest at what we call “street boys or area boys” instead of thinking of what we could do, to get them occupied or send them to school and create work opportunities for them. We rather choose to build walls around our compounds, electrocuted fences to protect out interest and personal comfort. That only shows lack of Personal Responsibility.
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Personal Responsibility is the acknowledgement of the fact that I am personally responsible for what is happening in my life, in my surrounding and in my nation.
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Personal Responsibility is when an individual volunteers to be in charge of duties, tasks and is ready to see to its fulfilment
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Personal Responsibility is when a person refuses to run away from challenges and difficulties, when he refuses to blame others, when he decides to rise to the occasion.
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Personal Responsibility is when a person sees a problem and refuses to be indifferent, but decides to rather look for ways and means of resolving the problem
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For a nation to be truly transformed, there must be movements, civil societies, NGOs that are spread all across the land to educate people on the issues of Personal Responsibility. If a nation or rather active citizens of a nation could successfully launch such campaigns and a good percentage of the populace begin to live by the principles of Personal Responsibility, which is “don’t blame others”, think of what you can do to fix it. Such a nation would cross the huddle of civilization in a record time.
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God is willing to reveal His plans to us and His ways, if He sees that we are willing to stand till the end and take responsibility for our nation
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It is the responsibility of each new generation to restore the authority of God in every sphere of life
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Together with the call comes responsibility
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When we speak with others about our experience in Christ, it sharpens our attentiveness to the voice and will of the Father. Sharing our stories helps us clarify the intentions of our hearts toward the fulfillment of his divine will. A small circle of friends also reminds us of the presence, power and protection of the Holy Spirit. Confiding in one another instills a sense of hope for the future as children who are dearly loved by their Father.
Stephen A. Macchia
America has learned what our repressive and terrorist adversaries do not understand: that liberty without law is anarchy, liberty to defy law is rebellion, but liberty limited by law is the cornerstone of civilization.
David Jeremiah
A lot of things in nature answers to increase which is a law of nature
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We see that the law was not reveal to us to put a notion into our heads that we could become righteous by it, but to teach us that we are completely unable to fulfill the law. Then we will know what a sweet message-what a glorious doctrine-the gospel is and move receive it with exuberant joy.
C.F.W. Walther
Here is where most preachers make their mistake. They are afraid that by preaching the gospel to clearly, it will be their fault if people ask them to send. They imagine that the gospel is food for the Carnel-minded. True enough, too many of the gospel does not become the smell of death and death but that is not the fault of the Gospel. That happens only because men do not except-do not believe-the Gospel. Faith is not merely thinking, "I believe." Your whole heart must be seized by the gospel and come to rest in it. When that happens, you were transformed cannot help but love and serve God.
C.F.W. Walther
If the teaching of Christ were a law, it would not be a gospel {glad tiding}, but a sad tiding.
C.F.W. Walther
The Gospel does not say, "you must do good works." Rather, it fashions us into human beings, into creatures who cannot help serve God and fellow human beings. Without a doubt, a precious effect!
C.F.W. Walther
Galatians 3:11-12...a precious text! A person becomes righteous in the sight of God by faith alone. What conclusion can we draw from this? The law cannot make any person righteous because it has nothing to say about justifying and saving faith. That information is found only in the Gospel. In other words, the law has nothing to say about grace..
C.F.W. Walther
It doesn’t matter who is in control of the country, people will continue to break the law and reap the consequences.
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To eat the forbidden is to disobey the law of God
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He that discovers and defines law is law abiding
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It is the church that must proclaim the law out of Zion
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To violate kingdom law is to bring negative consequences
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It is costly when not abiding by God’s law
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The More Citizens Conform To The Law Of Love. The Less Governing Would Be Required
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To Partake In The Consequence of A Law Is To Violate It
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The best is to prioritize kingdom laws and principles
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To expose kingdom law violators is to understand kingdom law
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Every law requires a response
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Everything God does has purpose and intention behind that design. It is a master design, and every little thing has its proper place and function.
A.W. Tozer
What God made, God loves, because it's inconceivable that God should make anything that He didn't love.
A.W. Tozer
Consider this simple thought. The Lord could have made everything brown. Brown grass, brown flowers, brown sky, brown sea. But He didn't. There is much for us to enjoy in the variety and the beauty of His creation. These things illustrate His essential goodness. God is good. His goodness is seen in all His works.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
The commendable efforts of preachers to Europe is that each worker no matter the level, knows he is participating in the process of creation with God hence the dignity.
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To be clear to the scriptures is to be clear to the original plan of creation
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The need of God’s heart resulted in him creating mankind
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For every natural law inherent in creation, there is the creator’s precision
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God has created the world to be run by His principles.
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