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“The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less.”

Has Beens Said Christian Prayer Praying Devil Constant Christian Inspirational Ministers Conspiracy Preacher Closets

Author:Vance Havner

“Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.”

Doe Christian Fighting Church Accomplish Harm Christian Inspirational Satan Opposition Pulling Imitation Joining Wheat Sowing

Book:Three-Score & Ten

Source: Three-Score & Ten

“The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power to reprove, rebuke and exhort. He may be the life of the party but it will be the death of the prophet.”

People May Christian Party Week Jokes Christian Inspirational Prophet Sunday Preacher Pulpit Rebuke

Author:Vance Havner

“Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.”

Mind Doe Christian Worst Christian Inspirational Satan Nerves Exhausted

Book:All the Days

Source: All the Days

“One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled.”

Christian Heaven Hours Christian Inspirational Ashamed One Hour

Author:Vance Havner

“I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.”

“The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.”

Men Mind Christian Christian Inspirational Boat Lifeboats

Book:Three-Score & Ten

Source: Three-Score & Ten

“A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked his mother, 'Mother, who is that man who stands so we can't see Jesus?'”

Men Littles Christian Mother Jesus Speak Christ Boys Morning Rose Christian Inspirational Ministers Sunday Hung Little Boys Pulpit Sunday Morning

Author:Vance Havner

“People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.”

People Ifs Eye Christian Used Sin Generations Ought Christian Inspirational Ashamed Modesty No Fear Brazen

Book:Day by Day

Source: Day by Day

“It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it.”

Christian Messages Available Christian Inspirational Acceptable

Author:Vance Havner

“More Bibles are bought and fewer read than any other book.”

Book Christian Christian Inspirational Fewer

Author:Vance Havner

“If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!”

Ifs Christian Fall Christian Inspirational Falling Apart

Book:All the Days

Source: All the Days

“Too many Christians live their Christian lives inside their heads; it never gets out through hands and feet and lips.”

Hands Christian Feet Lips Christian Inspirational Christian Life Hands And Feet

Author:Vance Havner

“To some Christianity is an argument. To many it is a performance. To a few, it is experience.”

Christian Christianity Argument Performances Christian Inspirational

Author:Vance Havner

“If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.”

Ifs Christian Creation Christian Inspirational

Author:Vance Havner

“The detour is always rougher than the main road”

Christian Christian Inspirational Detours

Book:Rest for the Weary

Source: Rest for the Weary

“A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him. Prophets have been on the receiving end of mud more than medals.”

Has Beens Ends Christian Christian Inspirational Prophet Receiving Preacher Mud Medal Bouquets

Author:Vance Havner

“The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.”

Today Christian Situation Tragedy Saint Christian Inspirational Desperate

Author:Vance Havner

“We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.”

World Christian Moving Spirit This World Criticism Christian Inspirational Conformity Spirit Of God Combustion

Author:Vance Havner

“People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.”

People Thinking Christian Used Dark Growing Christian Inspirational Doctrine Brighter Unbelievers

Book:The best of Vance Havner

Source: The best of Vance Havner

“God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.”

Wells Christian Practice Judging Ought Christian Inspirational Tolerate

Author:Vance Havner

“When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stem the flood of lawlessness that will engulf mankind. Thank God for the restraining Spirit today!”

People Trying Wells Might Today Earth Christian Spirit Fall Mankind Christian Inspirational Thank God Flood Stem Dams Lawlessness Restraining Niagara Toothpicks Niagara Falls

Author:Vance Havner

“Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.”

Doe Real Christian Singing Conviction Christian Inspirational Repentance Revival Joyous

Author:Vance Havner

“We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and a spectacle to the world for the scandal of the cross.”

World Needs Earth Christian Willing Crosses Christian Inspirational Minorities Dedicated Scandal Apostles Scum Scum Of The Earth

Author:Vance Havner

“We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.”

Ifs Should Might Christian Humility Judging Christian Inspirational Justify Spares Humiliation

Author:Vance Havner

“When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable.”

Feels Christian Black White Lord Comfortable Christian Inspirational Dirty Gray Sheep All Black Black Sheep

Author:Vance Havner

“We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?”

Ifs Art Earth Christian Fighting Discipline Battle Army Christian Inspirational All Time Strict Athletics Kindergarten

Author:Vance Havner

“What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.”

Said Christian Faces Lord Fine Type Crosses Christian Inspirational Obedience Print Contracts Our Lord

Author:Vance Havner

“At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.”

Christian America Rate Christian Inspirational Symbols Eagles Vulture

Author:Vance Havner

“God's deepest secrets often miss the wise and prudent and are revealed unto babes. We say, "Children, be like your parents." Jesus said, "Parents, be like your children."”

Children Said Christian Jesus Parent Secret Wise Missing Like You Our Children Christian Inspirational Your Children Babe Prudent

Author:Vance Havner

“Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.”

Made Christian Christian Inspirational Peace With God

Author:Vance Havner

“Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes.”

Stills Able Christian Turns Christian Inspirational Notable Babe

Author:Vance Havner

“Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and that is the tree of the cross.”

Christian Behinds Tree Garden Crosses Christian Inspirational Adam

Author:Vance Havner

“I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.”

I Can Christian Jesus Interesting Greater Adventure Complicated Christian Inspirational

Author:Vance Havner

“Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity”

Men Christian Fame Christian Inspirational Obscurity High Places

Author:Vance Havner

“The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.”

Men Needs Looks Heart Christian Speak Vision Position He Man Honor Prosperity Christian Inspirational Live Life Worthwhile

Author:Vance Havner

“Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.”

Christian Christ Concerned Christian Inspirational Eruption

Author:Vance Havner

“It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.”

Hard Christian Christian Inspirational Optimistic Being Optimistic Misty

Author:Vance Havner

“When Christ possesses the will He keeps it fixed. The trouble comes when we take matters out of His hand and try to handle them ourselves.”

Trying Matter Hands Christian Christ Trouble Christian Inspirational Handle Fixed

Author:Vance Havner

“No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing.”

Long Christian Lasts Nations Praying Christian Inspirational

Author:Vance Havner

“When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details.”

Whole Light Christian Jesus Break Our Lives Progress Details Christian Inspirational Spells Considerate Despondent

Author:Vance Havner

“A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may appear very much alive when they are dead in the sight of the Lord. God knows the difference.”

Knows Men Looks May Christian Differences Church Lord Alive Sight Christian Inspirational God Knows Dead Man Lord God Morticians

Author:Vance Havner

“Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today.”

Firsts Eye Today Christian Church Blind Christian Inspirational Spots Repent Revival Evangelism Blind Spots

Author:Vance Havner

“When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured.”

Has Beens Christian Spirit Sin Pride Christian Inspirational Upset Injured

Author:Vance Havner

“To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.”

Would Be Today Christian Christianity Normal Average Christian Inspirational Shock Testament New Testament

Author:Vance Havner

“There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a good solider of Jesus Christ. There is a prize to possess, but before we possess it there is a price to be paid, and few will pay it.”

Want Christian Jesus Christ Pay Willing Discipline Jesus Christ Paid Endure Christian Inspirational Prize

Author:Vance Havner

“To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.”

World Done Character Christian Purpose Integrity Elements Mark Christian Inspirational Adverse

Author:Vance Havner

“One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't have to open the door to the devil and say, "Make yourself at home."”

Helping Home Christian Evil Differences Doors Devil Christian Inspirational Evil Thoughts

Author:Vance Havner

“We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.”

Christian Standards Productions Christian Inspirational Quantity

Author:Vance Havner

“Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.”

Christian Jesus Christ Differences Demand Jesus Christ Christian Inspirational Dictator Allegiance

Author:Vance Havner

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