The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“Não aprendeste nada, vai-te, dissera o Pastor, e quiçá quisesse dizer que ele não aprendera a defender a vida.” — José Saramago Copy Share Image
If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The greatest danger to a church’s spiritual health is a pastor-centric church model.” — Elizabeth Esther Copy Share Image
God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible - what a pity that we plan only the things… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a pastor. I was going to be a youth pastor. I mean, I play guitar; I like to… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you don't want to become a teacher or… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
Pastors and missionaries (need) to know God and to find in him a Treasure more satisfying than any other person or thing… — John Piper Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I grew up in church--my father was a pastor--so when I was growing up in Trinidad, I'd… — Heather Headley Copy Share Image
As a pastor, I addressed the sorts of issues I see people struggling with most and the issues talked about most directly… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
In 2008, Senator John McCain forbid his staff from using an ad that referred to his opponent Barack Obama's inflammatory former pastor… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to… — Richard Halverson Copy Share Image
First of all, do I think there's some racists in the Tea Party? Yeah. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor; there's some… — Emanuel Cleaver Copy Share Image
As long as leadership from above was not lacking, the people fulfilled their duty and obligation overwhelmingly. Whether Protestant pastor or Catholic… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When I tell people I was in the St. Justin Martyr parish, if they are native Chicagoans they know exactly where I… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
Someone sent an email to Reverend Joanna Watson [an American missionary] saying that I'm gay, and she sent it to all the… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 20, "Bezalel") "Worship is an art, using the sensory to bring us into an awareness of and attentiveness to the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Others are more knowledgeable about the situation than I am. I must go along with their decisions. It is my place to… — Stephen Arterburn Copy Share Image
...the Bible itself is less read than preached, less interpreted than brandished. Increasingly, pastors may drape a limply bound Book over the… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Anytime you feel like you don't have any work to do, just look around. Look for what God had started doing and… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Open your heart and invite God into every circumstance because when God enters the scene, miracles happen. — Victoria Osteen Copy Share Image
Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
Preaching is the pastor's main work, and preaching is heart work, not just mental work. — John Piper Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a pastor to let your passion be felt and your voice heard. You just need to be… — Eric Ludy Copy Share Image
For me, my father was a pastor, and my parents are still together. They raised me, you know, to be respectful. — Ro James Copy Share Image
Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A pastor can teach you on TV, but he can't pastor you on TV. There's so much to gain by belonging to… — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family,… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm a Pastor of a church called Understand Principles for Better Living Church, in Los Angeles, CA. — Della Reese Copy Share Image
The church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer. — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
Jesus meets every one of our deepest needs. And what we need to do is accept his gift of a pastor-given, purposeful… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
![“Someone sent an email to Reverend Joanna Watson [an American missionary] saying that I'm gay, and she sent it to all the anti-gay pastors in Uganda. One of them said, "We're going to take care of this guy." When I was confronted by them I didn't know what they were going to do, but they decided to…” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a04/roger-ross-williams-5118_anti-gay_someone-sent-an-email-to-reverend-joanna_3057123.jpg)
