When you find yourself more corned about your “image” more than your character and your work, you have stopped glorifying God.
Whatever God calls us to do, we can do with His help; otherwise, He would never have called us. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)
If God has called you to minister, no matter what that ministry may be, He hasn’t made a mistake. He knows what He’s doing, and the best thing you can do is gratefully submit to His will and trust Him to work.
God always prepares His servants before He calls them.
You are unique in what you are and what you can do, and God doesn’t want you to destroy that uniqueness by trying to be somebody else.
It’s not how much we have to start with that really counts but what we have to show for it at the end.
Those of us who minister must put others ahead of ourselves, but we must put the Lord ahead of others.
Focusing on serving the Lord can make a big difference in your ministry.
I firmly believe that God has a specific plan for each of His children and that He wants to share His plan with us and help us to fulfill it.
The purpose of discipline is restoration, and the results of restoration ought to be fellowship and ministry.
God will get His work done either with you or without you (Esther 4:14), but you are the loser if you quit.
There’s no substitute for Christian character. No matter how much talent and training we may have, if we d on’t have character, we don’t have anything.
You can use all kinds of gimmicks and techniques to gather a crowd or build an organization, but that’s not the same as building His church.
Paul wasn’t always successful in helping people mature, nor will we be; but with the Lord’s help, he did his best. If people failed to mature, the failure was theirs and not Paul’s.
Believers who try to serve the Lord can expect to have problems with people.
Christian service is supposed to make us grow, and it will if we’re in the right place with the right attitude.
Discouragement and depression are two of Satan’s chief devices for getting Christians on detours.
If your only motive for service is to be recognized and thanked, you had better get prepared for a lot of disappointment.
When your service is the most difficult, God may be doing His deepest work in your life, so don’t run away.
No matter what you did wrong, confess it to the Lord and claim His forgiveness.
The future is our friend when Jesus is our Lord.