Explore 143 Bishop Dag Heward-Mills Christian Quotes and Sayings (Showing 129 - 143 of 143)

“You must strive for excellence because God desires excellent works.”

“Pleasing men cannot make you a servant of Christ.”

“Discontentment is an evil spirit that needs to be dealt with.”

“Whenever people focus on what others have, they become discontented. AOL 88, Watch Out for Discontentment and Deal With It Decisively.”

“I was a pastor when I was a medical student. I made sure that I did well in all my exams. I made sure that I had no problems with school. Leadership begins by bringing your domestic affairs under control. – AOL 70, Gain Control of Your Domestic Life.”

“Decide to be a man of conviction. Conviction of what you may ask? Have a conviction about the things God has called you. Have a conviction about the things you are supposed to accomplish in your lifetime. Have a conviction about the things that God has told you. Live by these convictions! Be prepared to give up anything so that you can fulfill your conviction.”

“Many people cannot take decisions. Only real leaders face up to realities and take important decisions.”

“You must first control yourself before you try to control others. A leader must to learn to control and direct his natural desire for carnal things. If this carnal instinct is left unchecked, a person will discover that he can lead no one.”

“Be yourself. When a young man proposes marriage to a young lady he is trying to get her to follow him. The proposal must come from the bottom of your heart. I did not read a speech to my wife when I proposed to her. The most successful leaders are those who are real.”

“A subversive associate constantly listens to tapes from external ministers and learns from them. But he never listens to his own head pastor's tapes.”

“There is nothing wrong with assistants who are constantly learning from outside ministers. But there is something very wrong when these associates never seem to learn from their own pastors.”

“Make sure that you are doing a job suited to your particular temperament. If you are a choleric person, find a leadership job that is suitable for choleric people. If you are phlegmatic, ask to be excused from jobs that require a driving, leadership personality!”

“Using a combination of history, common sense, the Word of God and the Spirit of God, every leader can generally predict the way things will go.”

“God commands men everywhere to repent: God is asking you to repent and turn away from the wickedness of the thoughts of your heart.”

“God calls people who are in difficult circumstances.”