“It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.” MenLastsTimeJesusNamesLostParentLosesChurchHardestIronyMinistryChristian Ministry Author:Vance Havner
“The earth endured Christ's ministry only three years;--not three weeks after his real character and purposes were generally known.” YearsRealCharacterEarthPurposeThreeJesusChristKnownWeekThree YearsMinistryReal Character Book:Twelve Sermons: Delivered at Antioch College Source: Twelve Sermons: Delivered at Antioch College
“We are to work after no set fashion of high endeavor; but to walk with Jesus, performing, as it were, a ministry on foot, that we may stop at the humblest matter, and prove our fidelity there.” MayMatterJesusWalksFeetFashionProvePerformingEndeavorMinistryFidelity Author:Horace Bushnell
“Turning the pages of scriptural history from beginning to end, we learn of the ultimate pioneer-even Jesus Christ. His birth was foretold by the prophets of old; His entry upon the stage of life was announced by an angel. His life and His ministry have transformed the world. . . . May we ever follow Him.” WorldMayEndsJesusChristStageBirthPagesAngelJesus ChristUltimateProphetTransformedMinistryPioneersEntryStages Of Life Author:Thomas S. Monson
“We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry” IfsJesusStrongIntimacyMinistryFellowshipInner Life Author:Timothy Keller
“Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness is Adophe Monod at his best. It is a masterpiece, bringing together profound comfort, realistic understanding, practical wisdom, and heavenly glory for every believer and, in a special way, for those who are preparing for or are working directly in some ministry. By the Spirit's grace, if you digest Monod's book slowly, seriously, and prayerfully, you will make great spiritual gain as you engage in holy warfare against your own temptations and lusts. You really must read this book.” IfsWayBookTogetherSpiritualSpiritJesusUnderstandingGraceSpecialHolyComfortGloryGainsProfoundBelieverLustPracticalsTemptationHeavenlyWildernessRealisticMinistryWarfarePreparingMasterpieceTemptedGreat Spiritual Author:Joel Beeke
“Who is telling us about the false self today? Who is even equipped tell us? Many clergy have not figured this out for themselves, since even ministry can be a career decision or an attraction to "religion" more than the result of an encounter with God or themselves. Formal religious status can maintain the false self rather effectively, especially if there are a lot of social payoffs like special respect, titles, salaries, a good self image, or nice costumes. It is no accident that the religious "Pharisees" became the symbolic bad guys in the Jesus story.” IfsSelfStoriesTodayGuyJesusSocialReligiousDecisionResultsCareersNiceSpecialAccidentsAttractionTitlesEncountersMinistryFormalCostumesBad GuysSalarySymbolicClergyPayoffPharisees Book:Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self Source: Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self
“The first word Jesus used in His earthly ministry was repent. Repent means to change the way you've been conditioned to think, and I believe that is the only way we are going to see the impact of the original concepts and idea of God.” ThinkingWayFirstsBelieveMeanIdeasUsedJesusI BelieveConceptsOriginalsImpactMinistryRepent Author:Myles Munroe
“I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of the week sufficient to prepare for their ministry, though they employ all the rest of the week in other studies. But your business is to trade with your spiritual abilities. ... A man may preach a very good sermon, who is otherwise himself; but he will never make a good minister of Jesus Christ, whose mind and heart are not always in the work. Spiritual gifts will require continual ruminating on the things of the Gospel in our minds.” MenMindHeartMayHas BeensLastsSpiritualJesusChristAbilityBusinessKnownStudyWeekJesus ChristTradeVery GoodMinistersSufficientGood ManMinistryHeart And MindSermonsLast DayDays Of The WeekSpiritual Gifts Author:John Owen
“The fundamentalists may have created a personalized Jesus we don't even recognize, but the liberals' Jesus, too, is an individualized Jesus who serves the empire - a Jesus painfully divorced from his ministry of justice.” MayJesusJusticeEmpiresMinistryDivorcedPersonalized Author:Allan Boesak
“In His own ministry, Jesus did not come to improve God's view of man nearly so much as He came to improve man's view of God and to plead with them to love their Heavenly Father as He has always and will always love them.” MenFatherJesusViewsHeavenlyMinistryHeavenly Father Author:Jeffrey R. Holland