373 Quotes About Ministry

Only he who cries out for the persecuted Jews can sing Gregorian chants. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In my prayer journey I’ve been motived by many lesser aspirations like guilt, approval before others and even a ego-driven desire for church growth. Of course, a passion for revival can even trigger more prayers. Yet, in the long run, we must remember that there is a difference between seeking revival from God vs. seeking God for revival.

All Christians are in ministry. Sometimes, they're in church work.

The church doesn’t belong to the pastor; it belongs to Jesus Christ.

Like the hub of a wheel, the church’s corporate life is an extension of the good news that God was in Christ reconciling the whole world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them.

The ministry found in the corners of one's life should match the ministry that is put on display.

If Jesus didn't do it, don't say the Father does. If Jesus did do it, don't say the Father doesn't.

A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.

If you want your ministry to have ‘it’, more important than anything else we’ve discussed, you must have ‘it’. When it has filtered through your heart - the rare combination of passion, integrity, focus, faith, expectation, drive, hunger, and God’s anointing - God tends to infuse your ministry with ‘it’. He blesses your work. People are changed. Leaders grow. Resources flow. The ministry seems to take on a life of its own.