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 More Quotes by Vance Havner More Quotes From Vance Havner Too many are not willing to give the Gospel a fair trial. They are too ignorant to speak wisely but not wise enough to speak ignorantly. A man is not a sinner because he is a skeptic; he is a skeptic because he is a sinner. Vance Havner wise giving men Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life. . . "Not I, but Christ." Vance Havner self christian winning Sin has gotten men into more trouble than science can get him out of. Vance Havner sin trouble men A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity. Vance Havner height storm brave Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery. Vance Havner fathers-day dad home We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation. Vance Havner humility judging christian Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did. Vance Havner persecution popularity prophet A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may appear very much alive when they are dead in the sight of the Lord. God knows the difference. Vance Havner christian sight men People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable. Vance Havner christian dark thinking When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured. Vance Havner upset pride christian Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe. Vance Havner members church believe Faith has no value of its own, it has value only as it connects us with Him. It is a trick of Satan to get us occupied with examining our faith instead of resting in the Faithful One. Vance Havner faithful tricks satan Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes. Vance Havner babe able christian We are the salt of the earth, mind you, not the sugar. Our ministry is to truly cleanse and not just to change the taste. Vance Havner salt ministry mind The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church. Vance Havner church world firsts Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God. Vance Havner peace-with-god christian-inspirational christian Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste. Vance Havner taste blessing christian Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution. Vance Havner popularity prophet christian I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations. Vance Havner alcohol church order Make Jesus Christ your theme! I have seen preachers espouse causes and champion movements, and when the cause died and the movement collapsed, the preacher vanished too. But the man who glories in Christ never grows stale. Vance Havner champion men jesus
