Quotes about pastor

To be a prosperous pastor one needs: (1) a bible (2) a tailored suit and (3) a few psychology books.

A good shepherd always gives people freedom to choose he doesn’t lay down conditions or use any kind of pretext to restrict people. This shepherd resembles Jesus and people will not even want to leave him.

My dad was a pastor, so we were in church all the time.

So time continued on slowly and painfully. Perhaps the old analogy of being a record stuck on repeat had become too dated I felt like I’d just gotten an IPod and only could afford one song so that one song played over and over again until I felt as if it was just part of the constant monotony.

I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American.

He had the tool to break down the walls that imprisoned his people. He had the tool to rip away the veil to the Holy of Holies so that his flock could come before the Lord and be cleansed, made whole, transformed, and have a personal, loving relationship with their creator. That very tool san on Hannah's bookshelf right now, gathering dust until Sunday morning. Her Savior was there, waiting to speak to her and show her the way home again, the way back to love. YOUR WORD IS LIFE! Why didn't more

In serving as a pastor for over thirty years, I have seen some remarkable transformations and I’ve seen some big disappointments. I have two observations. First, where there has been lasting change, the common factor, in every case, is that the Word of God has had a significant entrance into the person’s life. Second, where godly change has failed to get started, or has slowly unraveled, the common factor, in every case, is that change has been attempted without significant engagement in the Scr

Third, it is helpful to seek advice from those who are spiritually mature and solid in their faith. A godly counselor or pastor can assist you in avoiding the common mistakes that confuse many young people.

The person who understands that God is the only One who builds, becomes His beloved. And to that kind of pastor God will give sleep.

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 pastor without anointing is just a religious professor

God doesn’t give us pain to make us strong. He gives us strength to look inside ourselves and realize we are not innocent victims. When you learn humility, you are no longer a victim because a humble man is not self-absorbed. He seeks to understand why people are hurting him and takes responsibility for his part in their grief. Humility doesn’t dwell with anger or pride, and neither does God.

Pastor Face Your Business” When people say this they mean that I must just stay behind the pulpit and preach

A real pastor will always show respect for people.

Lordship and rapport are the keys to save us from being combative and make us more attractive in spiritual conversations.

Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.

A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.

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 pries

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

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

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

A good shepherd has a positive influence on his people through "inward work", i.e. working on them from the inside.

You have to become a ladder that other people climb up in their path to success. If you are not ready for that, then you are not ready to be a pastor.

My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and wiser.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

One of the most amazing and perplexing features of mainstream Christianity is that seminarians who learn the historical-critical method in their Bible classes appear to forget all about it when it comes time for them to be pastors. They are taught critical approaches to Scripture, they learn about the discrepancies and contradictions, they discover all sorts of historical errors and mistakes, they come to realize that it is difficult to know whether Moses existed or what Jesus actually said and

Being the light of the world is about being a broken, exploding, scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration to everyone around you.

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

I refuse to live life with unsettled differences”.

The IMPOSSIBLE is ONLY relevant to those who NEVER attempt it…otherwise it is ABSTACT and MEANINGLESS

What you are afraid of is also afraid of you face your fear!

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

Yesterday is the last day of the past. Tomorrow is brimming with hope, so today is meant to lived large. Enjoy your moments!

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

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

If your ministry can't work without you, then it is no longer Christ-centered. Minister toward Jesus, not yourself.

Be a FRIEND and stop worrying about having any

It is so easy to have problems with people when you are not God's will.

Don't just cry over your 10 or 20 member church. Sometimes, God gives you your future first. The ones you call little carry in them every possibility you desire of the future. God would send you leaders but they may come as weak men and women first. Don't be so 'gift' conscious that you fail to realize that certain things are results of growth.

For every Gospel action, there is an opposite and devious demonic reaction. We see this in the book of Acts. It appears in church history. We experience it in our personal journeys.

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 ca

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them becausethey need it--because we need it. I'm sure you felt much better after forgiving your son.

A good pastor knows how to trust people and how to give them authority to fulfill all kinds of tasks. He tries to make himself unnoticed and unnecessary. Don’t be indispensable!