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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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Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
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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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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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A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again.
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The real test of your Christianity is not how pious you look at the Lord's table on Sunday, but how you act at the breakfast table at home. If it takes two cups of coffee to make you fit to live with, you had better go to the mourner's bench.
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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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No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing.
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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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If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.
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We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross.
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A preacher should have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros. His problem is how to toughen his hide without hardening his heart.
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The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.
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