Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency. Vance Havner More Quotes by Vance Havner More Quotes From Vance Havner If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that point we are right all down the line. God honors the exaltation of His Son. Vance Havner exaltation honor son 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. Vance Havner grace people christ Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth. Vance Havner idol-worship spirit idols If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees. Vance Havner knees christian school Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and that is the tree of the cross. Vance Havner garden christian tree The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today. Vance Havner doctrine christian sound A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd. Vance Havner crowds would-be littles Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse. Vance Havner prelude comfort easy Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad. Vance Havner eruption concerned christian I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said to the Samaritan woman, 'Go call thy husband...' (John 4:16), that she really faced up to her sinfulness. Vance Havner sin husband people A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him. Prophets have been on the receiving end of mud more than medals. Vance Havner receiving bouquets christian 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. Vance Havner prayer men wrestling When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stem the flood of lawlessness that will engulf mankind. Thank God for the restraining Spirit today! Vance Havner christian people fall No life is great that does not point to Christ. Vance Havner life-is-great christian doe Where God guides He provides. He is not responsible for expenses not on His schedule. He does not foot the bill when we leave His itinerary. Vance Havner schedules feet doe Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice. Vance Havner sacrifice christmas son The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God. Vance Havner demon darkness way The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less. Vance Havner devil prayer christian We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher ground without the gradual climb. We forget that we are to "grow in grace" and that normal growth is not a matter of fits and starts. Vance Havner higher-ground grace christian If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march. Vance Havner march church christian
