Bitterness Quote by Rick Warren

“The people who are most vulnerable to overextending themselves on behalf of ministry relationships are people who struggle with intimacy—both with God and others.…

— Bill Johnson

Don't build your ministry on what you're against. Build your ministry on what you're for.

— Craig Groeschel

Ministry is a very confronting service. It does not allow people to live with illusions of immortality and wholeness. It keeps reminding others that…

— Henri Nouwen

Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

— Rick Warren

Ministers who threaten death and destruction employ weapons of weakness. Argument and kindness are alone effectual, flavored by the principles of Divine love.

— Hosea Ballou

“Relationships and ministry are always shaped in the forge of struggle. None of us get to relate to perfect people or avoid the effects…

— T.S. Lane P.D. Tripp

Many ministers are afraid that if they do not fulfill their peoples expectations they will hurt their feelings and lose their support. They are…

— John Bevere

A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who asks for…

— Anthony Trollope

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time…

— Winston Churchill

I have to admit that one of the saddest things I see in ministry is a woman who belittles her husband. Even if he…

— Stu Weber

When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.

— Laozi

“Well-meaning members lose sight of their role as servants and become increasingly focused on controlling the very church they are called to serve. When…

— Darrin Patrick