Top 211 Quotes & Sayings by Vance Havner - Page 4

When Christ possesses the will He keeps it fixed. The trouble comes when we take matters out of His hand and try to handle them ourselves.

Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste.

We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is meant is the trouble we would not have if we were not Christians.

When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured.

I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him.

God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.

Progress is a farce because man's head and hand have created wonders that stun the imagination, but his heart does not keep step and his morals undo all that his mind has wrought.

We are the salt of the earth, mind you, not the sugar. Our ministry is to truly cleanse and not just to change the taste.

Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.

It is a matter of whether one wants to get rich or be rich. We can be rich in Christ Jesus or perhaps get rich in Egypt, but we cannot do both.

Sin has gotten men into more trouble than science can get him out of.

Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning and reach it only then because they give up trying to analyze it and decide to accept it.

Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity

A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities.

There is great need today for the New Testament prophet who speaks to edification, exhortation, and comfort, a strengthening, stirring and soothing ministry.

If you would try out a preacher, send him to preach to farmers: if he cannot make the grade there, let him reconsider his call - or maybe he needs to be converted.

If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City are not actual gold, they are far finer.

Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.

Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves.

I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.

The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.

We need to be preaching a dynamic Gospel and living firecracker lives.

Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution.

When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details.

Life is like a grain of wheat: to plant it is to recognize its value; to keep it is to destroy its value. The 'planted' Christian counts life dear not unto himself but unto God.

It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.

It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available.

We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.

The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.