No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.

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The tragedy is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to too many dead people.

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Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!

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The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity.

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You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.

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My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.

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If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life. It's a narrow way and it becomes narrower and narrower and narrower.

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I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.

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Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail.

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Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.

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