6 Quotes by Daniel Botkin

In most congregations, the people will not rise up to work until after they first see the leadership rise up and work. Leaders lead not only by teaching but also by example, "neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock." (1 Peter 5:3)

It was Yahweh, not Satan, who brought this drought upon the people and upon all that they produced. And it is Yahweh who will bring this same sort of spiritual drought upon you and upon all that you produce, if you neglect the house of God to pursue your own personal goals and insist on doing things your own way, while you whistle Frank Sinatra's song.

If our repentance is not whole-hearted, if we are doing it feignedly, like Jeremiah's generation did, then our repentance will not hold back the wrath of God from our nation, any more than the half-hearted repentance of Judah did in the days of Jeremiah and Josiah.

In God's kingdom, the way up is down. Get into your prayer closet and humble yourself, and He will lift you up to the mountain-top experiences that will give you the vision, the faith, and the wisdom you need to do the work of restoration.

Yes, the Enemy will rise up and challenge you with false accusations if you start working, and he will do it at the same time when you rise up to work. However, this is not something to be feared, but to be expected, yea, to be hoped for, because just as "the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease" (Ezra 5:5), so the eye of our God is upon us if we are doing the work of our God, and the Enemy cannot cause the work to cease.

We are all stewards of heavenly treasures. Whether you are a leader like Ezra or a non-leader, you are a steward of your soul.