It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.
Category: Quotes
Words of wisdom, philosophy, encouragement and humor from various sources.
Quoted: Max Lucado on Pride
Frightening thing, this pride. It would rather kill the truth than consider it.
Quoted: Bruce Howell on Souls
There’s only one thing I can think of… and that’s souls that need the Holy Ghost. During acceptance speech for Foreign Missions Director of the UPCI in 2010
Quoted: Arthur Thomas on Anointing
There are many sources of inspiration but only ONE source of the Anointing.
Quoted: Unknown on Money’s Use
Money is like manure: It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.
Quoted: Alexander Maclaren on Preaching the Word
The preacher who has steeped himself in the Bible will have a clearness of outlook which will illuminate many dark things, and a firmness of touch which will breed confidence in him among his hearers. He will have the secret of perpetual freshness, for he cannot exhaust the Bible!
Quoted: George G. Hunter III on Christian Influence in America
The United States, for instance, has at least 180 million functionally secular people who have never been substantially influenced by any serious version of the Christian faith. That makes the United States the largest mission field in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest on Earth. ~ The Apostolic Congregation: Church growth reconceived for a… Continue reading Quoted: George G. Hunter III on Christian Influence in America
Quoted: Omar Khayam, 13th Century Philosopher on Knowledge
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool, shun him. He who knows that he knows not is a student, teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep, awake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a teacher, follow him.
Quoted: Rabindranath Tagore on Faith
Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.
Quoted: Ron Wofford on Reputation
Speaking at his Apostolic Grandfather’s funeral: He was the kind of man little boys dream about being, and the kind of man old men wish they would have been.