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Vance Havner Inspirational Quotes (197)

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An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.
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We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism we died with Christ and rose to new life.
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Where God guides He provides. He is not responsible for expenses not on His schedule. He does not foot the bill when we leave His itinerary.
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We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
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I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.
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Any man who takes Jesus Christ seriously becomes the target of the devil. Most church members do not give Satan enough trouble to arouse his opposition
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The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.
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Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong.
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Satan is not fighting churches he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.
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It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.
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Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.
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Don't ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time.
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Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all - but offering his person, praise and possessions.
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One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled.
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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.
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The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
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It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed.
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The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.
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If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.
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Faith doesn't wait until it understands in that case it wouldn't be faith.
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To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.
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If you stand on the Word, you do not stand with the world.
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Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again.
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A wife who is 85 percent faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.
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