Ministry Quotes - Page 4

• 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

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Strong, Fellowship

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• Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.

  Francis Xavier

  Giving Up, Ambition, Christian Inspirational

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• Jesus never allowed His theology to get in the way of His ministry.

  Andy Stanley

  Jesus, Way, Theology

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• Ministry is pretty simple. Love people and help them.

  T.L. Osborn

  Simple, People, Helping

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• I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude.

  Andrew Greeley

  Lonely, Regret, Taken

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• The ministry and mission of the church is at the center of Christian giving.

  John Piper

  Christian, Giving, Church

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• The absolute goal of vision for ministry is to glorify God.

  George Barna

  Goal, Vision, Glorify

  George Barna (2010). “The Power of Vision: Discover and Apply God's Plan for Your Life and Ministry (Large Print 16pt)”, p.36, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.

  Peter Arnett

  Years, People, Information

  Iraqi TV Interview, www.cnn.com. March 30, 2003.

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• I don't think religious groups should be allowed to apply for federal funds to start new ministries they have not been doing before the funding was available.

  Jerry Falwell

  Religious, Thinking, Groups

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• It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry, to the exclusion of the people.

  Charles Hodge

  Christian, People, Church

  Charles Hodge (1855). “What is Presbyterianism?: An Address Delivered Before the Presbyterian Historical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Evening, May 1, 1855”, p.27

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• We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing.

  Roger Mahony

  Healing, Community, Catholic

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• I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry?

  Wilfred Owen

  Asks

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• I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

  Shimon Peres

  Defense

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it.

  Pat Robertson

  Growing Up, Television, Courses

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• My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

  Al Sharpton

  Thinking, Order, Social Activism

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• With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.

  Sally Kirkland

  Art, Light, California

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• Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.

  Aldrich Ames

  Party, Agency, Volunteer

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• As far as spiritual influences in Christian music, I would say Crystal Lewis - a lot of her songs especially. The ministry she has through her songs has really hit me.

  Stacie Orrico

  Christian, Spiritual, Song

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• I am looking forward to even greater healings and miracles in my ministry.

  Benny Hinn

  Healing, Aerospace, Miracle

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• Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord.

  Jay Sekulow

  School, Church, Return

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• It stands, essentially, for the application of increased energy to the efforts already undertaken by my ministry since 1934 with the results shown in the above statistics.

  Hjalmar Schacht

  Effort, Energy, Statistics

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• I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.

  Willie Aames

  Children, Adults, Would Be

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• To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.

  John Tesh

  Christmas, Records

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• Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.

  Henri Nouwen

  Community, Important, Ministers

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• If God is going to use us for His honor and glory, if His power is going to rest upon us, if He is going to bless our soul-winning ministry, then our lives must be places absolutely at His disposal.

  Oswald J. Smith

  Winning, Soul, Honor

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