Pastor Quotes

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind, after nature has long since discharged them from external direction (naturaliter maiorennes), nevertheless remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. If I have a book which understands for me, a pastor who has a conscience for me, a physician who decides my diet, and so forth, I need not trouble myself. I need not think, if I can only pay - others will easily undertake the irksome work for me.That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind...

When you are close to Christ, you are enclosed in liberty. You can never be intimidated by man if you are intimate with Christ.

Leadership potential is in everyone; we all have it, but we all don't know it until we have a direct individual encounter with the Holy Spirit of God. The principal source of leadership influence is the Holy Spirit.

A good shepherd encourages and inspires each one that works alongside him.

Only a real pastor and a true leader will be looking for ways to train and equip his people to develop their potential.

If you cannot treat everyone with same respect as you give to your pastor, then you are a fake person.

A real pastor will always show respect for people.

When you are up in life your friends get to know who you are. When you are down in life you get to know who your friends are.#minoradjustments101

Human beings seem to have a perpetual tendency to have somebody else talk to God for them. We are content to have the message second-hand. One of Israel's fatal mistakes was their insistence on having a human king rather than resting on the theocratic rule of God over them. We can detect a note of sadness in the word of the Lord, 'they have rejected me from being king over them' (1 Sam. 8:7). The history of religion is the story of an almost desperate scramble to have a king, a mediator, a priest, a pastor, a go-between. In this way we do not need to go to God ourselves. Such an approach saves us from the need to change, for to be in the presence of God is to change.

Go to church to learn about forgiveness; come back to become a forgiver! Go to church and learn about kindness; come back to become a kind person! If things go like that, you will be a true image of Christ after going to church only 10 times on 10 Sundays!

Damage control is part of life. It would be better to never make a mistake, but once it's made it's best to handle it with grace and humility. Sometimes that shows others more than our failures ever could.

A real pastor — a good shepherd — is always concerned about the personal development of every individual person in his church.

Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life.

Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity.

It’s not just picking the right friends. It is being the right friend.

Stop counting your "years" and start enjoying your "seasons".