On Being a Servant of God Quotes

“Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“In marriage, “two become one,” and this miracle must never be forgotten. Marriage means that a man and a woman must no longer say “mine” and “yours”; they should say only “ours.” If one of them has a ministry, they both have a ministry, whether the other one accepts it or not. Marriage isn’t a fifty-fifty partnership; it’s a 100 percent stewardship in which each mate lives for the other and both live for the Lord.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“God is glorified when people see the Master and not the minister.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“Your . . . sermon lasts but an hour or two—your life preaches all the week.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“There’s no substitute for Christian character. No matter how much talent and training we may have, if we don’t have character, we don’t have anything.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“When God used David’s sling, He needed David’s hand to swing it. When God builds a ministry, He needs somebody’s surrendered body to get the job done. You are important to the Lord, so keep your life pure: “A holy minister [servant] is an awful weapon in the hand of God.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“Money is the “god of this world,” and it empowers millions of people to enjoy life by living on substitutes. With money, they can buy entertainment, but they can’t buy joy. They can go to the drugstore and buy sleep, but they can’t buy peace. Their money will attract lots of acquaintances but very few real friends. Wealth gains them admiration and envy but not love. It buys the best in medical services, but it can’t buy health.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“He who has a thousand friends     has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy     shall meet him everywhere.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“Each one of us must find the economic level at which God wants us to live and be content to live there. If God gives us more than we need, we can give it away.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“the most vital appointment of every day: spending time alone with the Lord. The main thing is not how you feel as you read the Word and pray but that you listen to God, talk to God, and give yourself to Him for His special help that day.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“We owe everything to Him and ought to serve Him whether or not our labors are ever recognized. What grace that God not only gives us work to do and the ability to do it, but He then rewards us for what He enabled us to accomplish!”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“we’re prone to depend on our own resources, things like experience, training, money, talent, and education. God can sanctify and use these assets, but they become liabilities apart from the grace of God. With all of his abilities and training, the apostle Paul knew that the secret of his effective ministry was the grace of God. “But by the grace of God I am what I am,”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name—Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“El ministerio tiene su parte cuando los recursos divinos satisfacen las necesidades humanas por medio de canales amorosos para la gloria de Dios.”
― Warren W Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name―Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders

“Only true Christian ministry can put grace in the heart so that lives are changed and problems are really solved. The best thing we can do for people is not to solve their problems for them but so relate them to God's grace that they will be enabled to solve their problems and not repeat them.”
― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God: 30 Meditations on the Basic Principles of Serving Others in God’s Name―Wisdom and Guidance for Pastors, Clergy, and Church Leaders