In marriage, “two become one,” and this miracle must never be forgotten. Marriage means that a man and a woman must no longer say “mine” and “yours”; they should say only “ours.” If one of them has a ministry, they both have a ministry, whether the other one accepts it or not. Marriage isn’t a fifty-fifty partnership; it’s a 100 percent stewardship in which each mate lives for the other and both live for the Lord.
The world thinks that happiness is the result of others serving us, but real joy comes when we serve others in the name of Christ.
Do you want life and joy? Here’s the secret: Live on God’s path, live in His presence, and live for His pleasures.
There is no substitute for an understanding mind.
The gospel message does not center in a philosophy, a doctrine, or a religious system. It centers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Is your heart hungering and thirsting after personal holiness?
But suffering does not automatically bring glory to God and blessing to God’s people. Some believers have fainted and fallen in times of trial and have brought shame to the name of Christ. It is only when we depend on the grace of God that we can glorify God in times of suffering.
God doesn’t give his counsel to the curious or the careless; he reveals his will to the concerned and the consecrated. Some believers take the attitude, “I’ll ask God what he wants me to do, and if I like it, I’ll do it.” The result is predictable: God doesn’t speak to them. Unless we have a serious desire both to know and to do the counsel of God, he will not reveal his will to us.
Leaders must learn to obey before they have the privilege of asking others to obey them.
No matter how we or others may evaluate what we do, ministry that’s based on biblical principles will meet human needs and glorify God.
Principles are like rocks, and methods are like rivers; together they get the job done.
When you walk by faith, you will claim all that God has for you, but unbelief is always content to settle for something less than God’s best.
We cannot learn patience by reading a book or hearing a lecture. The only way we can learn patience is by going through the trials that God assigns to us. The trials of life are the tools God uses to mature us, to build our faith, and to get us to trust the Spirit and not the flesh.
To be gripped by the miraculous magnificence of prayer means to be humbled and broken, deeply grateful for the privilege of access into the presence of the Almighty.
It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.
Great names come and go, but the name of Jesus remains. The devil still hates it, the world still opposes it, but God still blesses it and we can still claim it! “In the name of Jesus” is the key that unlocks the door of prayer and the treasury of God’s grace. It’s the weapon that defeats the enemy and the motivation that compels our sacrifice and service. It’s the name that causes our hearts to rejoice and our lips to sing his praise.
The words of Jim Elliot were true: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
You are writing a gospel, A chapter each day, By the deeds that you do And the words that you say. Men read what you write, Whether faithful or true: Just what is the gospel According to you? – SOURCE UNKNOWN.
God is glorified when people see the Master and not the minister.
Divine sovereignty is not a substitute for human responsibility.