Quotes by Pastors - Page 41

If you want to know the value of a second, ask the person who just crossed the road at the wrong time and barely escaped being hit by a speeding car.
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If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics.
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The value of time is only equal to the value of life.
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If you want to know the value of a day, ask someone who could not find food to eat or water to drink for a whole day when he is hungry.
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If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication.
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It is only when the proper value system is well embraced by the populace that a country begins to produce God fearing leaders that are free from the mentality of eating from the national cake.
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When value systems are embraced by a nation, when the citizens of a country are truly rich in virtues, then material wealth is a matter of time.
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The religion or pulpit of a nation is the most powerful source of value formation in any country. Followed by the family, the educational system and the media.
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If you want to know the value of a year, ask the student who was in the final year of his university education, when the lecturers went on strike and the school ended up closing for a year.
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If a man realizes who he is, he is aware of his value
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For every principle there is a value
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We should teach people to value more the eternal values.
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The kingdom values you don’t know you cannot manifest
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To understand the value and priorities of the kingdom is to seek
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The first obligation for every church is to teach their members the value of hard work.
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Every agnostic has a minister, Mike. Otherwise, they's be atheists.
Jared C. Wilson
My uncle Ernie didn't believe in God.At least that's what he said. But he alwaysWent to church on Christmas. Which I thoughtSeriously compromised his atheism.
Eugene H. Peterson
This is God's world, so everything, even if it intends to efface God, bears witness to God – understood and interpreted through biblical eyeglasses.
James MacDonald
It’s not that I didn’t understand or believe the gospel before. I did. But the truth of the gospel hadn’t moved from my mind to my heart. There was a huge gap between my intellect and my emotions. The Puritan Jonathan Edwards likened his reawakening to the gospel to a man who had known, in his head, that honey was sweet, but for the first time had that sweetness burst alive in his mouth.
J.D. Greear
Every arena of life intersects with what's going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it's going. Everything.
Andy Stanley
The Christian stoic who has crushed his feelings is only two-thirds of a man; an important third part has been repudiated. Holy feeling had an important place in the life of our Lord. “For the joy that was set before Him” He endured the cross and despised its shame. He pictured Himself crying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
A.W. Tozer
But be sure that human feelings can never be completely stilled. If they are forbidden from their normal course, like a river they will cut another channel through the life and flow out to curse and ruin and destroy
A.W. Tozer
Our hearts are wired for worship, and our worship is directly tied to our sense of hope.
James MacDonald
Anger is temporary insanity.
John S.C. Abbott
No one has ever been deeply changed by an act of the will. The only thing that can re-forge and change a life at its root, is love.
Timothy J. Keller
True emotions yearn for genre love of God
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Because of our selfishness and inclination toward personal comfort and convenience, we'd rather not have to deal with constant change and uncertainty. We have difficulty reconciling the goodness of God with the mystery of his ways.
Chris Hodges
You are never wrong doing the right thing.
Wayde Goodall
My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunities to explore today is doing less to help make well-rounded disciples of Christ and more to help Christians avoid long term responsibility and have less long-term impact.
Kevin DeYoung
Even choosing to do nothing is still making a choice.
Mark Batterson
At times, we need to let our choices die, for us to get a better direction in life.
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Only dedication to God’s calling can make you say a firm “no” to everything that is in the way of its fulfillment.
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We often prefer love for humans to love for God.
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When the citizens of a nation have been made to love and adhere to values and virtues, then they make better choices.
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Our choices are always in accordance to the prevailing value systems of our environment.
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When we do what's right, regardless of circumstances or consequences, we set the table for God to turn the tables. All we need to do is stand up, step in, or step out.
Mark Batterson
But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.
Judah Smith
We don’t drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.
Andy Stanley
It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves. It really is a good thing that he will not be satisfied until he has gotten us exactly where he created us and re-created us to be. Most of us would have been satisfied to stay at home, and many of us would have quit the journey long before it was completed. But our heavenly Father won't give up until each one of his children has completed the journey.
Paul David Tripp
The journey into God’s heart will lead you into such depths of love as you have never dreamt possible
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Government should be a floor upon which the good of the people flourishes, not a ceiling upon which people bump their heads!
Todd Stocker
People who know God truly change the life of their nation, and not the government.
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Having been privileged to consult and speak in parliaments and to the governments of some of the leading countries in the world, it would be a waste if I don’t contribute my quota and do my best to help rescue my continent from that backwardness and darkness that Africa is largely agonizing in at present.
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We often blame our government for their lack of responsibility, socially and politically. We forget that that is only a result of the societal irresponsibility in general.
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Our government, media houses, schools, must focus on creating a new culture in our society.
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There shall be no end to the government of God
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To pattern government after a kingdom is not to reflect the heavenly vision of God’s kingdom
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Haman is a symbol of a typical ungodly government representative
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The government of any nation always represents the most corrupt part of a nation
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God himself made government and gave it an environment of the kingdom
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The government cannot give to anybody anything that thegovernment does not first take from somebody else.
Adrian Rogers
While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.
Timothy J. Keller
We are given talent but we choose to have character.
Wayde Goodall
One uncontrolled character flaw can ruin your greatest accomplishment.
Wayde Goodall
Character is contagious.
Wayde Goodall
A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.
Wayde Goodall
We largely become what we have observed and respected.
Wayde Goodall
Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.
Andy Stanley
Repetition is the mother of character and skill.
Rick Warren
The fact that God can bring character development and personal growth out of any situation is conditional on people's willingness to submit to God's will. God is sovereign over every life, but those who yield their will to him will be shaped according to his purposes. When God directs a life for his purposes, all of life is a school. No experience, good or bad, is ever wasted (Rom. 8:28). God doesn't squander people's time. He doesn't ignore their pain. He brings not only healing but growth out of even the worst experiences. Every relationship can be God's instrument to mature a person's character.
Henry T. Blackaby