The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within. Vance Havner More Quotes by Vance Havner More Quotes From Vance Havner No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips. Vance Havner lips fire facts We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains. Vance Havner honor christian promise If we don't come apart; we will come apart. Vance Havner leisure laziness ifs 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. Vance Havner feet winning men I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized. Vance Havner selfish christian desire Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity Vance Havner obscurity christian men Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all. Vance Havner humility mean thinking Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself. Vance Havner hypocrite religious trying When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details. Vance Havner light christian jesus A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again. Vance Havner falling-in-love christian jesus Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal. Vance Havner normal saint christianity Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today. Vance Havner blind-spots eye christian Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence! Vance Havner omnipotence spiritual jesus The detour is always rougher than the main road Vance Havner christian-inspirational detours christian We must live in all kinds of days, both high days and low days, in simple dependence upon Christ as the branch on the vine. This is the supreme experience Vance Havner vines simple christian We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard. Vance Havner quantity standards christian God's Word is its own best argument. Vance Havner argument Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded. Vance Havner protected waiting Do not so contemplate eternity that you waste today. Vance Havner waste eternity today Life is like a grain of wheat: to plant it is to recognize its value; to keep it is to destroy its value. The 'planted' Christian counts life dear not unto himself but unto God. Vance Havner wheat life-is-like christian
