Discipleship Quotes

What Paul understands by holiness or sanctification (is) the learning in the present of the habits which anticipate the ultimate future.

we all want to be called servants until someone treats us like one.

The author sees Joseph of Genesis as a type of Christ's Pentecostal power. He who was thought dead has been raised in power, and the power is evident in the chariot he sends for his own.

I was determined to get them away from the idea that their education is a private experience.

I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.

Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.

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.

It doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.

If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused.

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.

A whole nation cannot rise above itself.

It is important not only to read God's Word but to interpret God's world in the light of the Word.

Sometimes the right thing to do will cost us our greatest sacrifices, but the rewards will always outweigh our losses

Embrace who you are and your divine purpose. Identify the barriers in your life, and develop discipline, courage and the strength to permanently move beyond them, and keep moving forward.

Discipline leads us to desire, which matures into delight.

There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.

There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.

She was too well-trained to panic.

Resilience is rooted in habits we can cultivate and change.

Our ferocious commitment to our children's safety and success, along with our genuine love, drives us to endure the often unhappy experience of disciplining our children.

Because children already have a realization of their weakness, is this not the best opportunity to apply the gospel to their hearts?

No one here is embarrassed of their gift.

The point at which things happen is a decision. In stead of focusing on yourself, focus on how you can help someone else.

You should train disciples and followers to work and perform better than you did

James Gordon Bennett said he aimed to be, "serious in my aims but full of frolic in my means.

The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.

Politics is not leadership. It never has been. It never will be.

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

The aesthetic and the agonistic are one, according to the ancient Greeks.

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

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.