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church-service interesting challenges
Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing. Abraham Lincoln
church-service play honor
If you are called upon to play a church service, it is a greater honor than if you were to play a concert on the finest organ in the world... Thank God each time when you are privileged to sit before the organ console and assist in the worship of the Almighty. Albert Schweitzer
church-service perfect would-be
The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. C. S. Lewis
church-service church backgrounds
the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon. Joyce Carol Oates
church-service dull twelve
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull. Vance Havner
church-service people church
Fewer and fewer people are attracted to the church service and more and more people are attracted to the service of the church. Reggie McNeal
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
church moments despise
The moment the church of God shall despise the pulpit, God will despise her. Charles Spurgeon
church heirlooms persecution
Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect.
church doctrine traps
The doctrines some now preach could not build a mouse-trap.
church would-be doing-good
The most useful members of a church are usually those who would be doing harm if they were not doing good.
church conviction repentance
What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power? Aiden Wilson Tozer
church attention pay
Go to church once a week and nobody pays attention. Worship God seven days a week and you become strange!
church done today
In the conduct of our public worship where is the authority of Christ to be found? The truth is that today the Lord rarely controls a service, and the influence He exerts is very small. We sing of Him and preach about Him, but He must not interfere; we worship our way, and it must be right because we have always done it that way, as have the other churches in our group.
church locals local-church
A local church will only be as great as its conception of God.
church watches praying
The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.