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The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry QUOTES

The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry QUOTES

1 " The Devil is like a rat in a jar that is filling with ether. We should expect that as his death gets ever-nearer, he will beat his claws more furiously against the glass. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

2 " I am plum tuckered on Monday morning. I face ample temptation to wallow. But Jesus promises rest. I may be a shell of a pastor at this time each week, but God is no less God. His might is no less mighty. His gospel is no less power. His reach is no less infinite. His grace is no less everlasting. His lovingkindness is no less enduring. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

3 " I once led a church largely made up of young adults—twentysomethings and thirtysomethings, mostly. Many lamented that we weren’t more multigenerational (you know, like the church), but at the same time the married young people wanted to be in a separate small group from the single young people because they didn’t have anything in common with the singles. “You mean, besides Jesus?” I asked. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

4 " Brothers, there are aspects of professionalism that make sense in our modern ministry contexts, but when all is said and done, we are not managers of spiritual enterprises; we are shepherds. And shepherds feed their sheep (Ezek. 34:2–3; John 21:15–17). "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

5 " Leaders must lead, not push. Leaders must serve, not domineer. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

6 " Pastor, take your people into the throne room. Rather, show them that the door is open to them because of Jesus’s work. Don’t create an obstacle course of the Law for them to complete first. Proclaim that belief in the gospel procures the all-access path to God’s glory. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

7 " Lay aside such numberings of the people, such idle pretense of certifying in half a minute that which will need the testing of a lifetime.3 "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

8 " Money becomes a tool. Money is a tool. It’s a tool like rope. With money, you can pull a man out of the ditch or you can hang yourself. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

9 " For believers in Christ, affliction often has a softening effect on the heart. This is why cancer patients are posting uplifting thoughts in my Facebook newsfeed and teenagers are complaining about their phones not working right. Suffering is when life gets real. Our interests are narrowed. Our attention is grabbed. What really matters? The "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

10 " The well-known evangelist D. L. Moody is reported to have said that he had more trouble with D. L. Moody than with any other person he met! "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

11 " I’ve concluded that God is as much, if not more, interested in doing a great work in us as he is in doing a great work through us. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

12 " But really, my ability to exercise oversight willingly flows from my vision. No, not a vision for an “awesomely bold” church—at least, not at first—but of my God and for the flock of God that is among me. "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

13 " (I say to my leadership, if you give me credit for the increase, you will give me blame for the decrease, so how about we just credit God?) Pastor, "

― Jared C. Wilson , The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry