Quotes about Preparation

God prepares leaders with a specific place and task in mind. Training methods are adapted to the mission, and natural and spiritual gifts are given with clear purpose.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Faithfulness began even before you met your intended.

ways. Most often, the trials we are walking through today are preparing us for a greater role in God's unfolding story.

Lord, thank You for preparing a heavenly home for me. Help me to make this world a better place—one that looks a little more like heaven.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Faith is not bare knowledge or passive persuasion but the embrace of Christ by the heart, resulting in personal knowledge of God. The heart must therefore be prepared by the law awakening the sinner to his need of Christ. The law beats on the stony heart as a hammer to smooth its surface before God writes His Word upon it. Though some men called this repentance, Calvin preferred to think of it as preparation for faith, which in turn leads to true repentance.

Our proper order for bearing His presence is found in the recesses of the heart. It is within the heart we must prepare, for God is about to reveal His glory on earth like it has never been seen before.

As stewards of the gospel, we have no greater call than to prepare others for eternity with grace and truth. I want you eternally sure.

The reality is that you will never get much done unless you go ahead and do it before you are ready.

God prepares leaders in a crockpot, not a microwave. More important than the awaited goal is the work God does in us while we wait. Waiting deepens and matures us, levels our perspective, and broadens our understanding. Tests of time determine whether we can endure seasons of seemingly unfruitful preparation, and indicate whether we can recognize and seize the opportunities that come our way.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. The only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.