Pastor Quotes

• The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.

  John Piper

  Believe, Mean, Authority

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• God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.

  R. C. Sproul

  God, Faith, Christian

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• The Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven.

  Walter Rauschenbusch

  Life, Christian, Religious

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• The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Community, Church, Shepherds

  Dillon Burroughs (2011). “Undefending Christianity: Embracing Truth Without Having All the Answers”, p.97, Harvest House Publishers

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• The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

  John Owen

  Firsts, Flocks, Duty

  John Owen (1853). “The works ...”, p.74

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• Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.

  T. D. Jakes

  Encouraging, Past, Progress

  Twitter post from Nov 10, 2016

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• I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.

  John Piper

  Husband, Father, Names

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• The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

  R. A. Torrey

  Motivational, Success, Christian

  R. A. Torrey, Edward D. Andrews (2016). “CHRISTIAN LIVING: How to Succeed in the Christian Life [Updated and Expanded]”, p.259, Christian Publishing House

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• Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ.

  Henry Blackaby

  Relationship, Faith, God

  Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby (2006). “Experiencing God Day-By-Day: Devotional”, p.337, B&H Publishing Group

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• Remember, when something leaves your life, God is making room for something much better to enter! Get ready!

  Paula White

  God, Faith, Optimistic

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• Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Suffering, Study

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• I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God.

  Jeremiah Wright

  People, Speak

  Source: inthesetimes.com

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• God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service.  They are the teachers whose names will never be in the newspaper, pastors who will never author a book, managers who will never be profiled in a magazine, artists whose work is buried in layers of collaboration, writers whose sphere of influence is a few dozen people who read their blogs.  But they are the army that makes things happen.  To them devotion is its own reward.  For them influence is a continual act of giving, nothing more complicated than that.

  Mel Lawrenz

  Teacher, Book, Army

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• God didn't give you the strength to get back on your feet so that you can run back to the same things that knocked you down.

  Marvin Sapp

  Strength, God, Christian

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• This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness

  David Platt

  Faith, God, Christian

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• Don’t concern yourself with being right in others’ eyes. And don’t secretly hope that their lives will fall apart so that your opinion will be vindicated. Instead, concentrate on obeying God in your own life and, when possible, helping others to obey Him as well. You don’t have to prove others wrong to continue on the course you know God has shown you.

  Joshua Harris

  Life, God, Christian

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• Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say 'we are not afraid,' and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Mean, School

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union, delivered 28 January 2014

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• God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.

  J. D. Greear

  God, Religious, Prayer

  J.D. Greear (2011). “Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary”, p.187, B&H Publishing Group

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• Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.

  David Platt

  Encouraging, Faith, God

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2013

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• Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Motivational, Positive, Christian

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• A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Reality, Action

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It”, p.61, Thomas Nelson

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• Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Christian, Religious

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• To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Christian, Religious

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.81, Penguin

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• The voice you believe will determine the future you experience

  Steven Furtick

  God, Faith, Christian

  Steven Furtick (2014). “Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others”, p.24, Multnomah

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• IN THE WORLD OF advertising, every copywriter knows the power of two magic words: "Free!" and "New!" We see them in the supermarket, in the newspaper, on billboards. And consumers respond. In the church today, we are falling prey to the appeal of "New!" The old truths of the gospel don't seem spectacular enough. We're restless for the latest, greatest, newest teaching or technique. We pastors in particular seem to search for a shortcut or some dynamic new strategy that will fire up our churches.

  Jim Cymbala

  Fall, Teaching, Two

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.118, ReadHowYouWant.com

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