Inspirational Quotes on Discipleship

“It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that the place to enter in is in your business, as you walk along the streets, in the ordinary ways of life, when no one dreams you are praying, and the reward comes openly, a revival here, a blessing there.”

“By this may all know that we are not His disciples, because we hate one another.”

“We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord.”

“No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God's secret messages without paying the cost of true discipleship.”

“The humble man feels no jealousy or envy. He can praise God when others are preferred and blessed before him. He can bear to hear others praised and himself forgotten, because in God's presence he has learned to say with Paul 'I be nothing' (2 Corinthians 12:11). He has received the spirit of Jesus, who did not please Himself and did not seek His own honor, as the spirit of his life.”

“I have traveled millions of miles, speaking to Christians. I have counseled privately with hundreds of them about their beliefs and lifestyles. What I have found has to be one of the most tragic ironies of all time: A tiny group of believers who have the Gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell without ever hearing the salvation story.”

“Better abolish pulpits then to appoint men who have no experiential knowledge of what they teach.”

“The minister is the parish clock. Many people take their time from him.”

“My own spirit, soul, and body are my nearest machinery for sacred service.”

“Martin Luther used to say temptation is the best teacher for a minister.”

“Because their example is powerful, they're somewhat responsible for the weaklings who copy them.”

“It is a pity that we cannot persuade all ministers to be men, for it is hard to see how other was they can be truly men of God.”

“We will go no place where we cannot take our Master with us. While others take their liberty to sin, We will not renounce our liberty to rebuke and confront them.”

“The commencement of all labor consisted in the preparation of his own soul.”

“You can leave the Word of God to wound and kill it need not be yourselves cutting in phrase in manner.”

“It is not great counts God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.”

“It is ill to offer God one duty stained with the blood of another.”

“Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour.”

“Almightiness and wisdom combined will make no failures.”

“Carnal love is the love of table, not of the host.”