Quotes by Pastors - Page 35

Maintain focus on what God called you to do.
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All true leaders have learned to say no to the good in order to say yes to the best.
John Maxwell
You are more focus when you confront.
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The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realize they can't do everything.
Kevin DeYoung
One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything.
Kevin DeYoung
Eternal virtues like perseverance is what should be our focus and not miracles.
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Contentment is what should be our focus rather than expecting miracles
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Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not.
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Focus on miracles brings selfishness.
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Focus on miracles brings about self-gratification.
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If we focus on ourselves alone, we run our nation down.
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When your focus on earth is only on material things and earthly blessings you will never be satisfied.
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You need to be focused on what the Lord has entrusted in you
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The pursuit of your vision determines your focus
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Too much focus on miracles create a beggarly mentality.
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Focus on one thing and do not scatter your attention
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God wants us to focus on doing His will, His purpose; because He knows that only in doing that will we be fulfilled
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If you don’t want to live in self-deceit in a new year, miracle must not be your focus
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Don’t make miracle your focus
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Everybody must be focused on cultivating their own territory
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Everybody must be focused on cultivating their own land of promise
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Things are not working for us because our focus is lost
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When you focus on diligence and hard work miracle will come to you
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When you focus on miracles you will be manipulated
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Let not miracle be your focus but be strong in diligence which is an eternal virtue.
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A spiritually mature person is capable of admitting his mistakes and sins.
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So many of us have believed that we need to labor and perform for God so that we can gain an identity, so that we might be accepted. But in the Kingdom, we start off accepted.
Beni Johnson
No man can be everything. A successful long-distance cyclist can't be a bodybuilder. Though there are exceptions, dedicating one's time to becoming exceptional at one thing usually means not being exceptional at a whole lot of other things.Since no man can be everything, one of the best gifts to give is acceptance-'You don't have to be anything other than what you are.
Gary Thomas
To Acknowledge Demonstrates Acceptance
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To reciprocate God’s love is a sign of being a recipient
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one primary enemy of the Gospel—legalism—comes in two forms. Some people avoid the gospel and try to save themselves by keeping the rules, doing what they’re told, maintaining the standards, and so on (you could call this “front-door legalism”). Other people avoid the gospel and try to save themselves by breaking the rules, doing whatever they want, developing their own autonomous standards, and so on (you could call this “back-door legalism”).
Tullian Tchividjian
Most counseling cases today involve good desires that have become overgrown. In these cases most relevant passages of Scripture may not be those that rebut particular manifestations of sin, but those that remind us to love God with all our hearts.
James MacDonald
Spending too much time in one's individual silo can produce pride, isolation, and a stagnated ministry.
James MacDonald
If a person starts neglecting the blessings of God and takes all God has given him as his own, then pride is inevitable
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Whatever you don't turn into praise turns into pride.
Mark Batterson
Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong.
Kevin DeYoung
Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.
Eugene H. Peterson
The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.
Eugene H. Peterson
Pride is a by-product of insecurity. And the more insecure a person is, the more monuments they need to build.There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the line, your relationship with God is self-serving.You aren't serving God. You are using God.You aren't building altars to God. You are building monuments to yourself.
Mark Batterson
As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal there will be those who will delight to offer affront to your idol.
A.W. Tozer
Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If your heart is not submitting to the plan of God, you will actually use your theology to justify things that should not be justified.
Paul David Tripp
The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness of Christ.
A.W. Tozer
You need to take pride in what God has given you.
Joel Osteen
Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.
Paul David Tripp
Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story.
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Speaking to people does not have the same personal intensity as listening to them. The question I put to myself is not 'How many people have you spoken to about Christ this week?' but 'How many people have you listened to in Christ this week?
Eugene H. Peterson
When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.
Joel Osteen
It is an EVIL thing to be an expert in the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters. We need to be experts in the strengths of our brothers and sisters.
Matt Chandler
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.
Max Lucado
God never said that the journey will be easy, but he did said that the arrival will be worthwhile
Max Lucado
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.
John Ortberg
One of great arts of communication is the skill of listening to people
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Communication with God should not be a one-way traffic.
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God uses language to create and command us.
Eugene H. Peterson
This culture of distraction was nothing new. Christianity was born into one.
Mark Sayers
Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.
Eugene H. Peterson
There is nothing quite as destructive to the gospel of Jesus Christ as the use of language that dismisses the way Jesus talks and prays and takes up instead the rhetoric of smiling salesmanship or vicious invective.
Eugene H. Peterson
He opened the first letter, No "Dear Mr. Woods." It was a page full of profanities. There was something oddly refreshing about honest, to-the-point hate mail. No hypocrisy and forced politeness. Too many letters ripped you to shreds, then closed off 'Sincerely yours.
Randy Alcorn
One cannot speak about love for God and neighbor without having a standard of communication, respect, honor, and without understanding how precious every human being is.
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A real pastor will always show respect for people.
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