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Vance Havner Inspirational Quotes (197)

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At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.
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Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and that is the tree of the cross.
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Many people have the right aim in life, they just never get around to pulling the trigger. The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps -- we must step up the stairs.
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God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
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Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.
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Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.
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People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.
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God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach it, and honest enough to live it.
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If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that point we are right all down the line. God honors the exaltation of His Son.
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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.
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The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.
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Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.
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Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
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If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.
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Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.
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We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains.
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We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.
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I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.
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Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the Whither but he knew the Whom. He believed God, and, being sure of his destiny, he did not worry about his destination.
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There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God for a book that disposes of the devil!
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If we don't come apart we will come apart.
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When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stem the flood of lawlessness that will engulf mankind. Thank God for the restraining Spirit today!
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The world does not hate its own. It does hate our Lord. It hates His followers. Where do you belong in this lineup?
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There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.
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