Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure. Author: Elisabeth Elliot |
How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do. Author: Mike Huckabee |
Whenever God has a great task, God raises up a man of equal greatness for that task. Author: Jerry Falwell |
God uses prisons to train people for future roles of leadership or martyrdom. Author: Chuck Colson |
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. Author: John Knox |
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. Author: Max Lucado |
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A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation. Author: A.W. Tozer |
The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act. Author: Charles Hodge |
The office of presbyters is a permanent one. Author: Charles Hodge |
The most extraordinary things about the biblical prerequisites for elders is that they are not all that extraordinary. Author: D.A. Carson |
It takes more than a busy church, a friendly church, or even an evangelical church to impact a community for Christ. It must be a church ablaze, led by leaders who are ablaze for God. Author: Wesley L. Duewel |
A spiritual leader will first and foremost, have a calling from God. His work will not be his profession, but his calling. Author: Zac Poonen |