“Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.”
Arthur Wallis

“It is not the bigness of the words you utter, but the force with which you deliver them” 
C. H. Spurgeon

“In my preaching of the Word, I took special notice of this one thing, namely, that the Lord did lead me to begin where His Word begins with sinners; that is, to condemn all flesh, and to open and allege that the curse of God, by the Law, doth belong to and lay hold on all men as they come into the world, because of sin.” 
John Bunyan

“Be cold, sober, wise, circumspect. Keep yourself low by the ground avoiding high questions. Expound the Law truly and open the veil of Moses to condemn all flesh and prove all men sinners, and set at broach the mercy of our Lord Jesus, and let wounded consciences drink of Him.” 
William Tyndale.

“The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.” 
John Bunyan

“Rash preaching, disgusts; timid preaching, leaves poor souls fast asleep; bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God” 
Rowland Hill

“If you’re not meeting the Devil head on, then you’re going in the same direction” 
Billy Sunday

“It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.”
George Whitefield

“It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall have no wounds to bind with Gospel bandages.” 
Walter Chantry

“It is either all of Christ or none of Christ! I believe we need to preach again a whole Christ to the world–a Christ who does not need our apologies, a Christ who will not be divided, a Christ who will either be Lord of all or will not be Lord at all!” 
A.W. Tozer

(speaking of the Holy Spirit coming upon him) “I went to preaching again. The sermons were not different; I did not present any new truths, and yet hundreds were converted. I would not now be placed back where I was before that blessed experience if you should give me all the world - it would be as dust in the balance.” 
D.L. Moody

“Finney preached and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! thats good preaching.” 
Leonard Ravenhill

“He with whom the ministry is a secondary thing, may be a correct, a learned, an elegant, even an oratorical, but will never be a powerful preacher.”
J. W. Alexander

“I would say that a ‘dull preacher’ is a contradiction in terms; if he is dull he is not a preacher. He may stand in a pulpit and talk, but he is certainly not a preacher.”
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion.”
C. H. Spurgeon

“The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must be in earnest; he must not only act as if he were in earnest, or try to be in earnest, but be in earnest.”
C. H. Spurgeon

“Unless we have the spirit of the prophets resting upon us, the mantle which we wear is nothing but a rough garment to deceive. We ought to be driven forth with abhorrence from the society of honest men for daring to speak in the name of the Lord if the Spirit of God rests not upon us.”
C. H. Spurgeon

“Would ministers preach for eternity! They would then act the part of true Christian orators, and not only calmly and cooly inform the understanding, but, by persuasive, pathetic address, endeavour to move the affections and warm the heart.”
George Whitefield

“It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners, as it is in captive nations today. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the priviledge of preaching, so we excepted their terms. It was a deal: we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching; they were happy beating us - so everyone was happy.”
Richard Wurmbrand

“Should I comfort those who do not mourn?” Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners who do not mourn over their crimes!”
John Fletcher

“Art thou ready, Oh preacher, to take the consequences of letting the Lord speak through thee as He will?”
Keith Daniel

“Let no God-called man envy Naboth’s vineyard. Preacher, be yourself, with His anointing!”

“Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment.”
John Wesley

“Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.”
John Wesley

“They must be slain by the Law before they can be made alive by the gospel.”

“The kind of sermon which is likely to break the hearer’s heart is that which first has broken the preacher’s heart, and the sermon which is likely to reach the heart of the hearer is the one which has come straight from the heart of the preacher.”
Charles Spurgeon

“The preacher’s work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.”
Charles Spurgeon

 

Dr C.E.M. Joad
“We have abolished the fear of God and instead we live in the constant fear of man. We have done away with the idea of hell in the future and we have succeeded in turning our lives in this world into a living hell”

Louis XIV
There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself

Isaac Newton
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Nelson Mandela - his inaugural presidential speech.
Mandel spent 25 years as a political prisoner.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous ?’. Actually, who are we not to be ? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others”.

Jim Elliot
He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose.

John Wesley
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”

Unknown
“Did God intend to make man happy? Yes as a bi-product, but not a prime product”

Paris Reidhead
“(it is not suppose to be) what you can get out of God, but what God can get out of you”

Leonard Ravenhill
“We are in grave danger when we allow our accomplishments become the ground of our accomplishments”

Smith Wigglesworth
“You must every day make higher ground. You must deny yourself to make progress with God. You must refuse everything that is not pure and holy. God wants you pure in heart. He wants you to have an intense desire after holiness… Two things will get you to leap out of yourselves into the promises of God today. One is purity, and the other is FAITH, which is kindled more and more BY PURITY.”

Adam Clarke
“The grand secret is to save time. Spend none needlessly. Keep from all unnecessary company. Never be without a praying heart, and have as often as possible a book in your hand”.

Will Rogers
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

John King
“Our tendency is to overestimate what we can accomplish in one year and underestimate what we can accomplish in ten years.”

Unknown
“Visionary leaders are willing to hire people better than themselves, wise leaders shape their people into a team, secure leaders focus on others and want them to do well, experienced leaders listen to their teams, and productive leaders understand that one is too small a number to achieve greatness.”

John King
Don’t spend your life making a living from the gospel, spend it making a difference for the gospel.

William Barclay
“The basic trouble in the human situation is that men wish to do as little as possible and to get as much as possible. it is only when they are filled with desire to put into life more than they take out, that life for themselves and for others will be happy and prosperous.”

Napoleon
“A general never knows anything with certainty, never sees his enemy clearly and never knows positively where he is”.


John King
“Human beings are fundamentally self-preservationists. We don’t like putting ourselves in positions of vulnerability and weakness. We like to be in control. We like to be seen to hold it all together. We like to present a facade. May I go so far as to say that in church leadership more so than in business or community arenas, to show vulnerability or imperfection is to invite the vultures to circle.”

CT Studd
“If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.”

Gordon Lindsay: William Branham - a man sent from God
“It was evident that faith in God cannot be transmitted from generation to generation without new manefestations of the power of God. The generation that followed Joshua still had their priests, but apparently these knew nothing of the power of God. The main result of their powerless ministry was that “every man did right in his own eyes.”

Richard Foster - Celebration of Discipline
“Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but deep people.”

Vance Haver
“If you don’t come apart, you will come apart”

Tom Morris
“The greatest case of mistaken identity in modern society relates to the four marks of public success: money, power, fame and status. Success should never be confused with wealth or power Rather, success should be linked to excellence and fulfillment… I have no problem with money, power, fame or status – as long as they’re treated as resources, rather than as goals in themselves. But that’s precisely the problem for most people – and why? It’s so hard for people to answer the question “How much is enough?” If acquiring money or fame is your goal. How do you know when you have enough? Everyone I know who has a little wants more. But everyone I know who has a lot also wants more”.

John Stott
“Jesus Christ spent His life intensely anxious for sinners, and not at all for the inversion of institutions or the diversion of wealth.”

Unknown
“Ulcers are what you get from mountain climbing over molehills.”

John King
So what is stress?
Supposed
Threats to:
Relationship
Enjoyment
Security
Stability

Unknown
“I have striven in vain to abide in Him, I’ll strive no more. For has not He promised to abide with me…never to leave me, never to fail me?”