79 Quotes by J. Oswald Sanders

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip.

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition’s character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

If done “as God wants.′ then leadership will surely include intercessory prayer. The saintly Bishop Azariah of India once remarked to Bishop Stephen Neill that he found time to pray daily, by name, for every leader in his extensive diocese. Little wonder that during his thirty years of eldering there, the diocese tripled its membership and greatly increase in spiritual effectiveness.

A visionary may see, but a leader must decide.

Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.

The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer.

If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves.

Spirituality is not easy to define, but you can tell when it is present. It is the fragrance of the garden of the Lord, the power to change the atmosphere around you, the influence that makes Christ real to others.