Quotes about Ministry

If you aren't serving, you're just existing, because life is meant for ministry.

Around the world the problem of Christian work is the problem of the Christian worker.

have heard plenty of sermons that address the problem of pornography, but I can count on one hand the number of times a pastor or Sunday school teacher discussed a more comprehensive online discipleship.

I mean, he himself defined his ministry as being focused on the poor, the captive, the blind, the oppressed (Luke 4:18). So, therefore, we join him on mission not only when we proclaim his saving gospel but when we confront injustice, when we touch human need, when we seek to bring about changes that transform this world to look more like it will be when Jesus returns.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.

If I flew commercial, I'd have to stop 65% of what I'm doing.

Preachers are not called to be politicians but soul winners.

I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.

May those who enjoy the faithful ministry of the Word feel exceedingly thankful for it. There are few blessings on Earth greater for a believer; and yet the Lord is frequently obliged to teach us the value of this blessing by depriving us of it for a season.