Ministry Quotes - Page 21

• Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.

  Henri Nouwen

  Pain, Mean, Joy

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• The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.

  Brennan Manning

  Morning, Jesus, Real

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.38, Multnomah

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• There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer...the hand of the child touching the arm of the Father and moving the wheel of the universe.

  A. B. Simpson

  Prayer, Children, Father

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• Give yourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. If you do not pray, God will probably lay you aside from your ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Prayer, Giving, Praying

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1847). “The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: Containing His Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, Songs of Zion, &c”, p.68

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• Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of ministry. In ministering to each other, each from the riches that he or she possesses, we work together for the full coming of God's Kingdom.

  Henri Nouwen

  Beautiful, Expression, Fundraising

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• When I consider my ministry, I think of the world. Anything less than that would not be worthy of Christ, nor of his will for my life.

  Henrietta Mears

  Thinking, World, Christ

  Dr. Henrietta C. Mears (2016). “Sunday School Changes Everything”, p.5, NavPress

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• I no longer worry about being a brilliant conversationalist. I simply try to be a good listener. I notice that people who do that are usually welcome wherever they go

  Frank Bettger

  People, Worry, Trying

  Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• God forbid that I should ever teach any adaptation of the Gospel. But I contend that we may serve it up in any sort of dish that will induce the people to partake of it

  Catherine Booth

  People, May, Adaptation

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• Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything

  Saul Bellow

  Dark, Mirrors, Needs

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• Show me a church or a Christian organization that emphasizes prayer, and I'll show you a ministry where people are excited about Jesus Christ and are witnessing for Him.

  Bill Bright

  Christian, Jesus, Prayer

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• The reformer is one who with clarion voice will call the ministry back to it's knees.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Voice, Knees, Reformers

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• Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself is self-authenticated. . . . Therefore, illumined by his power, we believe neither by our own nor by any one else's judgment that Scripture is from God; but above human judgment we affirm with utter certainty (just as if we were gazing upon the majesty of God himself) that it has flowed to us from the very mouth of God by the ministry of men.

  John Calvin

  Believe, Men, Self

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• Shared governance is often the critical element that is missing in Asian universities, no matter how talented the faculty may be. Either it is ministries of education that are trying to run things, or in private institutions - those who control the funds. Neither group knows much about teaching and research.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Running, Teaching, Missing

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• If we want to identify the great success of American research universities, and that success goes far beyond Harvard, we have to come back to the question of governance. Excellence requires a firewall between trusteeship, or government ministries, and the academic decision-making process. This American concept of shared governance wherein the faculty are engaged in running the university as part of a collaboration with the other stakeholders.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Running, Government, Decision

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I draw a contrast between American shared governance with "the dictatorship of ministries" wherein policy and direction for the university is ordered by bureaucrats who have never taught a class.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Class, Taught, Dictatorship

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things. They're a wonderful and balanced group of people and I'm grateful for their support. Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that's a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.

  Alan Chambers

  Grateful, Organization, People

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common pastoral ministry, at least in my country, in South America, the Church it has not valued much.

  Pope Francis

  Country, Believe, America

  Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• I like Ministry, but I'm probably never going to make a song that sounds like Ministry.

  Jack Tatum

  Song, Sound

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Opportunity

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• Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free . . . .

  Joseph Warren

  Patriotic, Justice, Heaven

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• God loves to bring good out of bad. He loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections. Every obstacle is an opportunity. Every problem has potential. Every crisis is an opportunity for ministry. Every hurt God wants to use for His glory.

  Rick Warren

  Hurt, Opportunity, Use

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• An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Voice, Ill, Eloquent

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Lectures to My Students”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• Iraqis don't trust one another, parties and ministries are run by sects and not by functionaries.

  Lawrence Kaplan

  Running, Party, Don't Trust

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The pastor who cares about the spiritual growth of his people must make God and His Word the centerpiece of his ministry.

  Steven J. Law

  Spiritual, Past, People

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• Our weaknesses are not as negative as we may believe. They make us rely upon God's grace and power for greater Christlikeness and ministry.

  Paul Washer

  Believe, Rely Upon, Grace

  Twitter post from Jun 13, 2009

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