"Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God’s means in reliance on God’s power."

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"Professionalism is not supernatural. The heart of ministry is."

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"The highest, best, and final good in the good news is God Himself."

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"Why Christians do what they do is just as important as what they do. Bad motives ruin good acts."

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"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."

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"A pastor who feels competent in himself to produce eternal fruit knows neither God nor himself."

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"Faith unites us to Christ."

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"The great pressure on us today is to be productive managers. But the need of the church is for prayerful, spiritual poets."

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"For your own soul and for the life of your church, fight for time to feed your soul with rich reading."

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"Loving our wives is essential for our ministry. It is ministry."

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"A cry for help form the heart of a childlike pastor is a sweet praise in the ears of God."

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"Let us not merely criticize or commend the seminaries. Rather, let us pray for them."

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"The aims of our ministry are eternal and spiritual."

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"All pastoral afflictions are graciously designed to make us rely on God and not ourselves."

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"Brothers, we are leaders, and the burden of change lies most heavily on us. The place to start is our own lives."

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"God loves us infinitely."

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All quotes were from John Piper in his book: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry. You can purchase his book here.