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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.
Vance Havner
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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Faith has no value of its own, it has value only as it connects us with Him. It is a trick of Satan to get us occupied with examining our faith instead of resting in the Faithful One.
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There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a good solider of Jesus Christ. There is a prize to possess, but before we possess it there is a price to be paid, and few will pay it.
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Faith doesn't wait until it understands in that case it wouldn't be faith.
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Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!
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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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Sin has gotten men into more trouble than science can get him out of.
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Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
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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.
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There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.
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What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.
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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.
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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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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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Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life. . . Not I, but Christ.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is good enough or strong enough. He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.
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Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.
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Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did.
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People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.
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I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said to the Samaritan woman, 'Go call thy husband...' (John 4:16), that she really faced up to her sinfulness.
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