Church Members Quotes

“Half of the time, the Holy Ghost tries to warn us about certain people that come into our life. The other half of the time he tries to tell us that the sick feeling we get in a situation is not the other person’s fault, rather it is our own hang-ups. A life filled with bias, hatred, judgment, insecurity, fear, delusion and self-righteousness can cloud the soul of anyone you meet. Our job is never to assume,instead it is to listen, communicate, ask questions then ask more, until we know the true depth of someone’s spirit.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Don’t waste your time trying to explain yourself to people that are committed to misunderstanding you. Instead, commit your time to explaining who they are to them. When you get a person to see the positive similarities you share, it begins to restore the loss of respect between you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Christ's version of kindness:

I know you are hurt. I contributed to that. Maybe, I should have said more. Done more. Listened. I am sorry for my part in the situation. I am sorry if I caused you any pain or confused you with my actions or words. How can I help you move on? I want you to have peace in your life. Let's end this by communicating.

The world's perverted version of kindness:

You caused your own pain. You get what you get. Get over it and move on. Maybe, one day you will figure out what happiness really means. By the way, I am not responsible for giving it to you. Nor, do I have to put up with people that don't bring me joy or who I can't trust. I am only responsible for myself. I will pray for you because I am a good Christian.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you invite people to share in your miracle, you create future allies during rough weather.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You're going to come across some truly gifted people in your lifetime that seem to know all the answers. However, they lost their personal relationship with God, along the way. Love them anyways, and do everything you can to help them restore that relationship. They are fighting a war that you don't know anything about.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“There is good even in church people. You find it hard to believe, right? Jesus never shut the door on religious people. He just made sure that they understand He was that door, and not their deeds and tasks. Some of us, even I, need to be reminded of this. This being understood, the people of the church are like broken pieces of glass fixed into beautiful mosaic to reflect Jesus. The picture is beautiful, but the pieces do indeed still have sharp edges that can cut.”
― Mea McMahon

“God wants to save us in a people. He does not want to save us in isolation. And so today's church more than ever is accentuating the idea of being a people. The church therefore experiences conflicts, because it does not want a mass; it wants a people. A mass is a heap of persons, the drowsier the better, the more compliant the better. The church rejects communism's slander that it is the opium of the people. It has no intention of being the people's opium. Those that create drowsy masses are others. The church wants to rouse men and women to the true meaning of being a people. What is a people? A people is a community of persons where all cooperate for the common good.”
― Oscar A. Romero, The Violence Of Love

“May our lives and gentle spirit be evident to all that we are members of God's family.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Although there is validity, I believe, in leaving a church where the leadership consistently presents false doctrine, I also see people who are offended by one remark from the pulpit or one perceived hurt flit to the next church to look for fault there. It's like the cartoon I saw of a skeleton dressed in women's clothes and sitting on a park bench; the caption read, 'Waiting for the perfect man.' There is no perfect church either.”
― David Jeremiah, Invasion of Other Gods: The Seduction of New Age Spirituality

“Don't be a spectator in the kingdom of God , find something that you can do , at-least even going to church is one of them”
― Alinani joe

“We commit to other believers in the local church simply because it's part of God's calling us into his family. It's what it means to be a Christian. Take the passage from 1 John 4:19-21. It starts with our salvation: "He first loved us." Then it continues into our love for other Christians. "Whoever loves God must also love his brother." Every person loved by God in this salvific sense loves other Christians. There are no exceptions. And that means we should stop viewing commitment to a local church as a process and start viewing it as an event. The event is our salvation, and commitment is something that inevitably follows- not something that merely happens as we mature.”
― Jamie Dunlop, The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive

“The hand that pockets the corrupt coin places it in the collection plate seeking absolution.”
― Stewart Stafford

“The real church is comprised of a long list of "formers" who collectively work together for world reform.”
― Johnnie Dent Jr.

“The most important task that every pastor has is to get all his church members involved in some kind of ministry. That should be one of his main priorities. 3”
― Sunday Adelaja

“God wants every member of the Body of Christ to be a blessing one to another; that’s why, everyone has to be involved in a ministry.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The truth is that church by its nature is a very general concept and most people are not looking for a church; otherwise, churches would be full of visitors every week. What people are looking for is something that works for them as individuals. And that is something specific, not general.”
― Andy Stanley, Seven Practices of Effective Ministry

“Most believers learn passively from clergy. However, no matter how good and uplifting this person's teaching, as long as the members are not actively ministering and speaking Christ themselves, growth lacks.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“God has nothing to do with church business.”
― Ross Victory, Views from the Cockpit: The Journey of a Son