Quotes about Ministry

It is a palpable error of some ministers, who make such a disproportion between their preaching and their living; who study hard to preach exactly, and study little or not at all to live exactly.

The ministerial work must be managed purely for God and the salvation of the people, and not for any private ends of our own.

The ministry is another kind of business than too many excellent preachers take it to be.

Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

Jesus taught that spiritual maturity is never an end in itself. Maturity is for ministry! We grow up in order to give out. It is not enough to keep learning more and more. We must act on what we know and practice what we claim to believe.

Worship helps people focus on God; fellowship helps them face life's problems; discipleship helps fortify their faith; ministry helps them find their talents; and evangelism helps them fulfill their mission.

Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through worship, broader through ministry, and larger through evangelism.

attained. You will be, as Paul would say, pressing on and attaining that for which Jesus Christ laid hold of you. Which brings me to my next point—an avenue of ministry. What you have learned, God intends for you to share. I have a vision, and you, Beloved, are part of that vision. Our Lord's commission in Matthew 28 was that we make disciples of all men—that we teach them

A ministry of power must be the fruit of a holy, peaceful, loving intimacy with the Lord.

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different.

...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.