Vance Havner
Vance Havner
winning men feet
I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him.
prayer wrestling men
It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.
christian new-york mean
I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.
sheep lord disciple
Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold.
doe would-be sometimes
God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
jesus want needed
It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed.
christian men mind
The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
christian heaven hours
One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled.
dark thinking people
People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.
christian light fire
We have always needed old people to keep things from going too fast and young people to keep them from going too slow. Youth has fire and age has light and we need both.
christian average devil
If the devil cannot keep you from being saved, if next he fails to make you backslide, then he undertakes to keep you just an average Christian. Here he succeeds with most believers.
suffering
We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
christian mind doe
Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.
ambition self rose
We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.