Jim Cymbala

The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow…

— Jim Cymbala

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be…

— Jim Cymbala

People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart.…

— Jim Cymbala

“In too many churches today, people don’t see manifestations of God’s power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about…

— Jim Cymbala

The more we pray, the more we sense our need to pray. And the more we sense a need to pray, the…

— Jim Cymbala

What does it say about our churches today that God birthed the church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are…

— Jim Cymbala

Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.

— Jim Cymbala

God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people…

— Jim Cymbala

For all of us involved in preaching the gospel, performing music, publishing Christian materials, and all the rest, there is an uncomfortable…

— Jim Cymbala

The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The key is not $, organization, cleverness or…

— Jim Cymbala

You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or…

— Jim Cymbala

“The British Bible translator J. B. Phillips, after completing his work on this section of Scripture, could not help reflecting on what…

— Jim Cymbala

Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of…

— Jim Cymbala

Persistent calling upon the name of the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For…

— Jim Cymbala

“the Creator of all things is looking throughout the whole earth for a certain kind of heart.”

— Jim Cymbala

The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we…

— Jim Cymbala

The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer.

— Jim Cymbala

If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard…

— Jim Cymbala

To be a Christian, you can’t go with the flow. You have to go by the Word of God.

— Jim Cymbala

“THE ABSENT ELEMENT IS what is expressed in the final sentence of the prayer recorded in Acts 4: “Stretch out your hand…

— Jim Cymbala

“According to 1 Corinthians 14, if meetings are governed by the Holy Spirit, the result for the visitor will be that “the…

— Jim Cymbala

I knew God wanted to do much more...and he would, if we provided good soil in which he could work.

— Jim Cymbala

O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.

— Jim Cymbala

“Instead of trying to bring men and women to Christ in the biblical way, we are consumed with the unbiblical concept of…

— Jim Cymbala

Doesn’t the God who created the universe out of nothing and put all the stars in place, have the power to take…

— Jim Cymbala