Quotes about Influence

We underestimate God and we overestimate evil. We don't see what God is doing and conclude that he is doing nothing. We see everything that evil is doing and think it is in control of everyone.

A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook.

Prayer is subversive activity. It involves a more or less open act of defiance against any claim by the current regime.... [As we pray,] slowly but surely, not culture, not family, not government, not job, not even the tyrannous self can stand against the quiet power and creative influence of God's sovereignty.

The power that the world acknowledges comes out of the mouth of a gun; the power that the person of faith respects comes from the mouth of Christ.

James 5:16 - The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.

The North American church at present is conspicuous for replacing the Jesus way with the American way.

It's the set of the sail, and not the gale that determines the way they go.

The church is never in so much danger as when it is popular and millions of people are saying "I'm born again, born again, born again.

He tells the sun, 'Don't shine,' and it doesn't; he pulls the blinds on the stars.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit-you choose.

We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.