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There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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New Jersey
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Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.
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God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
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Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity
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No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.
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Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, shake well before using. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.
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Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold.
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Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.
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A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.
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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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Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.
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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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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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People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.
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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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Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.
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What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God!
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The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.
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Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.
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Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did.
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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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