Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).

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Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.

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If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.

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The only people who want to change the Gospel are those who are unchanged by it.

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The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.

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The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.

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If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?

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In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts.

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There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are!

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