An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.
Do not waste your time on light, weak, milktoast ministries and books
I was a fool!" Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph. "I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -" "Ministry-loving, family-disowning, power-hungry moron," said Fred. Percy swallowed. "Yes, I was!" "Well, you can't say fairer than that," said Fred, holding out his hand to Percy.
God doesn't want something from us. He simply wants us.
The first word Jesus used in His earthly ministry was repent. Repent means to change the way you've been conditioned to think, and I believe that is the only way we are going to see the impact of the original concepts and idea of God.
I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.
I'm enjoying prison ministry, particularly with the women in Hudson County Jail who have suffered tremendously in their lives.
With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.
Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by infamy, had better leave the ministry of the Word.
I draw a contrast between American shared governance with "the dictatorship of ministries" wherein policy and direction for the university is ordered by bureaucrats who have never taught a class.
The ministry of fear that won't let you live. The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive.
Always have a book to read, instead of indulging in vain conversation. Strive to learn English. . . . Remember this, that you cannot commit some loved sin in private, and perform the work of the ministry in public, with facility and acceptance.
My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.
Love never ends or fails. Love never ends. Everything must be based on love - the relation between two friends, my ministry, my service; the church services in every field must be based on love. Why? Because God is Love.
Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.
Many men go into the ministry not only for the power trip involved, but also so that they will never have to be interrupted or contradicted.
This is the ministry and its work--not to drill hearts and minds and consciences into right forms of thought and mental postures, but to guide to the living God who speaks.
As a pastor our main ministry is exhortation.
Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better.