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Quotes by Clergyman
"Nothing will help us grow spiritually more than spending time alone with God every day, reading His Word and praying. Time alone with God is essential to our spiritual welfare."
"The Old Testament may not seem relevant to us today-but it is, because it is part of God's Holy Word, and He has much to teach us through its pages."
"God never leads us to do anything that is contrary to His Word. But the opposite is also true: God always leads us to do everything that is in agreement with His Word."
"Who can tell us how to get along with each other better than God? Where can we turn for wisdom better than God's Word, the Bible?"
"O God! There are many things in [the Bible] I do not understand . . . I am going to accept this as Thy Word-by faith! I'm going to allow faith to go beyond my intellectual questions and doubts, and I will believe this to be Your inspired Word."
"A computer . . . has no worth unless it is programmed . . . The believer has tremendous potential, but that potential cannot be used until he is programmed with the Word of God."
"The Spirit of God takes the Word of God and makes the child of God."
"When I quote Scripture, I know I am quoting the very Word of God."
"Scientific discoveries (not theories) are found more and more to fit into the record God has given us in His Word."
"Oh that we would hunger to be filled with the Word of God; for there is no greater armor, no greater strength, no greater assurance that He is with us, and in us, when we go forth in battle equipped and nourished by His instruction and determined to stand firm on His promises."
"God and God's Word are inseparable."
"We face a dark time in the history of God's people . . . the forces of evil seem to be gathering for a colossal assault on the work of God in the world. In the darkest hour God can still revive His people, and by the Holy Spirit breathe new vigor and power into the body of Christ."
"We are never to do anything of which we are not perfectly clear and certain. If you have a doubt about that particular thing that is bothering you, as to whether it is worldly or not, the best policy is “don't do it."
"I have heard the hollow, shallow laughter of the world. I have heard the genuine laughter of the beaming young Christian. I know there is a difference."
"When you are unsure whether or not something is wrong, ask yourself these questions: Does this glorify God? Can I offer a prayer of thanksgiving for it? Does it draw me closer to Christ, or does it make me preoccupied with this world? Will it harm my health or hurt me in some other way? Will it cause someone else to stumble spiritually or morally? I have never forgotten what a wise Christian said to me many years ago: “When in doubt-don't!"
"As for the world system of evil, we are to be separated from it. This then is our problem: to associate with and love those who are involved in the world without being contaminated, influenced, or swayed by them. This distinction can be achieved only by a close walk with Christ, by constant prayer, and by seeking the Holy Spirit's leadership every hour of the day. We are in the world, but the world is not to be in us."
"Any history of the political events of our time which does not also include a discussion of the Bible, the impact of Christianity, and the role of faith in changing the hearts and minds of people all over the world is an incomplete and invalid study. For what is taking place in the world today is not just a protest, but a revolution in the sphere of the human heart."
"Any Christian whose interest is directed toward himself is worldly."
"When we come to Christ, God calls us out of this world's sin and confusion. But then He sends us back into the world-not to share any longer in its sin and spiritual darkness, but to bear witness to the light of Christ."
"Jesus told His disciples that the “world,” meaning the world system, the political and social order organized apart from God, will despise Christians."
"It is easy for Christians to allow themselves to be squeezed into the world's mold . . . When nonbelievers see nothing different in the lifestyle of believers, they wonder if our profession of faith is sincere."
"Those who believe [in Christ] are expected to be different from the world . . . they are members of a new society."
"Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world."
"Have you fallen into the world's trap, following its self-indulgent goals and driven by its self-centered motives? It can happen without you even being aware of it. Make sure Christ is first in your life, and make it your goal to live according to His Word."
"Those who have actually experienced daily fellowship with Christ know that it surpasses all worldly activities."
"There are so many professing Christians who are walking hand in hand with the world that you cannot tell the difference between the Christian and the unbeliever. This should never be."
"As Christians, we are not to get our worlds mixed up . . . We are not to mingle with the world, but we are to witness to the world."
"Do not expect me to fall in with the evil customs and ways of the world. I am in Rome, but I will not do as Rome does. I am an alien, a stranger, and a foreigner. My citizenship is in heaven."
"It is only the consecrated, Spirit-filled Christian who can have victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is the Holy Spirit who will do the fighting for you."
"When the Christian brings the standards of Jesus Christ to bear upon life in a material and secular world, it is often resented. Because the moral and spiritual demands of Jesus Christ are so high, they often set the Christian “apart."
"Worldliness is actually a spirit, an atmosphere, an influence permeating the whole of life and human society, and it needs to be guarded against constantly and strenuously."
"In the world in which we live, we give most attention to satisfying the appetites of the body and practically none to the soul . . . We become fat physically and materially, while spiritually we are lean, weak, and anemic."
"Our world needs to be touched by Christians who are Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, and Spirit-empowered."
"Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ."
"Worldliness doesn't fall like an avalanche upon a person and sweep him or her away. It is the steady drip, drip, drip of the water that wears away the stone. The world is exerting a steady pressure on us every day. Most of us would go down under it, if it weren't for the Holy Spirit who lives inside us, and holds us up, and keeps us."
"The Bible teaches that we are to live in this world, but we are not to partake of the evils of the world. We are to be separated from the world of evil. When I face something in the world, I ask: “Does it violate any principle of Scripture? Does it take the keen edge off my Christian life? Can I ask God's blessing on it? Will it be a stumbling block to others? Would I like to be there, or reading that, or be watching that, if Christ should return at that time?"
"We act as if it doesn't matter how we live or what we think or say. We have moved in with the world, and we have allowed the world to penetrate the way we live. So the things that we used to call sin no longer seem to be sin to us."
"We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God."
"It is strange that the world accepts enthusiasm in every realm but the spiritual."
"We don't live in an ideal world, but in a world dominated by sinful, selfish desires."
"Much of the world believes little or nothing. People are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, emptiness, and meaninglessness have gripped much of the world-and even the church . . . By contrast, our Pilgrim forebears stand as shining examples of men who were narrow but deep, certain of what they believed, unswerving in their loyalty, and passionately dedicated to the God they trusted, and for whom they would willingly have died."
"Worldliness is an inner attitude that puts self at the center of life instead of God."
"Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become."
"The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day."
"Every day has exactly 1,440 minutes; can't you find even ten of them to be with your heavenly Father? Doesn't God deserve the best minutes of your day?"
"You can trust Christ at this moment. The Bible says, “Now is the accepted time” [2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV]. Don't put it off. Don't say, “I'll think about it.” Don't say, “I'll do it tomorrow.” Do it right now. At this moment, say yes to Jesus Christ."
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