John Henry Jowett

If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity…

— John Henry Jowett

Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

— John Henry Jowett

It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won...In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into…

— John Henry Jowett

It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there.…

— John Henry Jowett

All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.

— John Henry Jowett

The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again.

— John Henry Jowett

Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.

— John Henry Jowett

...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.

— John Henry Jowett

Preaching that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.

— John Henry Jowett

Anyone can build a house: we need the Lord for the creation of a home.

— John Henry Jowett

It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life.

— John Henry Jowett

God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

— John Henry Jowett

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine…

— John Henry Jowett

The heavens are not filled with hostility. The sky does not express a frown. When I look up I do not contemplate…

— John Henry Jowett

May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.

— John Henry Jowett

Ministry that costs nothing, accomplishes nothing.

— John Henry Jowett

Let us sing even when we do not feel like it, for in this way we give wings to heavy feet and…

— John Henry Jowett

Death is not the master of the house, he is only the porter of the king's lodge.

— John Henry Jowett

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength…

— John Henry Jowett