Discipleship Quotes

Today we must begin again. Step by small step, without any more protection than comes from our own bodies.

Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships.

It's much easier to talk about following Jesus when you are making general statements rather than specific commitments.

The big idea here is not, have you sinned, but are you changing?

You know your Bible too well and life too little.

The problem with spiritual procrastination is the uncertain time of the deadline.

A wilderness experience includes a long walk back.

The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards.

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself – self-discipline, self-control.

Get evangelical Christian made them receptive to the possibility of redemption in the here and now.

I want every one of our members to grow into maturity more quickly than they seem to, but the Lord has taught me to shepherd people, call them to repentance and let Matthew 18:12­–14 play out.

As frustrating as the battle for purity must be, I suppose it's easier if you've got company.

My understanding from the Word of God is that I am supposed to preach for the maturation of the believer with a view that lost people are there.

God's way leads always into trial, so far as sight and sense are concerned. Nature always will be tried in God's ways.

The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.

The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.

To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.

The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God’s Word.

The figure of the crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.

You can either be god of certain areas of your life, or let Me be God of your whole life.

The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are “in the soup” of actual circumstances.

The one single use of things which we call our own is that they might be his who hath need of them.

Don't get me wrong, I like NASCAR and shopping at Nordstrom's, but discipleship is intrinsic as a lifestyle."~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Many pastors have been reduced to secular "mentors" and "coaches" in exchange for authentic disciplers of men.

True leadership is caring about the people who don’t care about things you care about.