Quotes on Preacher

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy. My cathedral is forests, or the prairies, or the beach.

To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.

I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.

We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.

It is not the strength of your faith that saves you, but the strength of Him upon whom you rely! Christ is able to save you if you come to Him-be your faith weak or be it strong.

We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side.

When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.

Before you leave the house, you need to make up your mind that you’re going to stay positive and enjoy the day no matter what comes your way. You have to decide ahead of time.

Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes.

I believe that many professing Christians are cold and uncomfortable because they are doing nothing for their Lord; but if they actively served him, their blood would begin to circulate spiritually, and it would be well with them.

The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.

The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins.

I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.

Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.

I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both.

Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.

There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.