Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation. Bill Bright More Quotes by Bill Bright More Quotes From Bill Bright There is no higher calling or greater privilege known to man than being involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission. Bill Bright privilege calling men Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God. Bill Bright leaving successful spirit Set goals so big that unless God helps you, you will be a miserable failure. Bill Bright miserable goal helping With God life is an endless hope. Without God, life is a hopeless end. Bill Bright god-life hopeless life-is Fasting with a pure heart and motives, I have discovered, brings personal revival and adds power to our prayers. Personal revival occurs because fasting is an act of humility. Fasting gives opportunity for deeper humility as we recognize our sins, repent, receive God's forgiveness, and experience His cleansing of our soul and spirit. Fasting also demonstrates our love for God and our full confidence in His faithfulness. Bill Bright humility prayer heart The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker. Bill Bright ministers tough-times people Every day, I find countless opportunities to decide whether I will obey God and demonstrate my love for Him or try to please myself or the world system. God is waiting for my choices. Bill Bright choices waiting opportunity As you love God and serve Him, you will undoubtedly experience the greatest adventure life has to offer. Bill Bright offers god-love adventure Fasting reduces the power of self so that the Holy Spirit can do a more intense work within us. Bill Bright fasting spirit self To experience true life, we must continue the Christian journey the same way we began it - by faith. Bill Bright true-life journey christian Show me a church or a Christian organization that emphasizes prayer, and I'll show you a ministry where people are excited about Jesus Christ and are witnessing for Him. Bill Bright prayer christian jesus I want before God that everything, every thought, attitude, action, motive, desire in my heart be pleasing to Him. I ask Him, 'Keep the spotlight of your Spirit on me so there would be nothing impure or unholy in my life.' That's been my prayer for 50 years. Bill Bright prayer heart attitude I am driven to keep going for Christ by the filling of the Holy Spirit and the knowledge that the harvest is not forever. It will soon be past. Bill Bright spirit forever past By rejecting faith in Jesus Christ, America has also rejected God's protective hand, which until recently, sheltered this nation from harm. We have invited the devil which all his diabolical and destructive power in our daily lives. Bill Bright hands america jesus I'm a New Testament Christian. I reject and throw out titles. I'm not a fundamentalist, though I'm fundamental in all of my doctrine. I'm not an evangelical, because that means that I exclude the Catholics and main-liners, and Orthodox. I'm a believer who loves Jesus and I work with everybody else whatever their denomination; Catholic, Orthodox, charismatic, main line, evangelicals, anyone who loves Jesus. Bill Bright christian mean jesus Outlawing religion form the political arena is not what the Founding Fathers intended when they drafted the First Amendment. We do a grave disservice to our country by removing the influence of religion. If you separate God from the public arena, inevitably you separate good from our government. Bill Bright government country father Working constantly may be visible proof that deep inside we do not trust God. Bill Bright proof trust-in-god may We cannot and must not sit back and let the anti-biblical world system determine the prevailing values of our day. Bill Bright biblical religious christian We're teaching our children how to live. We need to start teaching them how to die. Bill Bright teaching children needs I know I'm a Son of God, an heir of God, and a joint heir of Christ. I'm seated with him in the heavenlies, but by choice; like Paul, Peter and others, I've chosen to be a slave. Bill Bright heirs choices son
