A study from Vince Baker Ministries
What makes someone a faithful minister?
Jesus uses His own service to teach the disciples about leadership in Mark 10. Peter describes gifts as something believers steward for one another. Before asking what a gift might accomplish in public, ask who is being served and how the work points people to Christ.
How can a teacher speak with conviction and humility?
The sayings below encourage a minister to speak from what has been learned and lived. Ephesians 4 describes truth spoken in love so the whole body can mature. A practical test is whether listeners leave with a clearer grasp of Scripture and a concrete way to respond to it.
Scripture to read alongside the quotes
- Mark 10:42-45 · KJV
- 1 Peter 4:10-11 · KJV
- Ephesians 4:11-16 · KJV
Read the digitized 1924 edition of Ever Increasing Faith. Source notes identify passages and later attributions.
16 Smith Wigglesworth quotes on ministry
“True prophetic utterance always exalts the Lamb of God.”
Source: Ever Increasing Faith (1924), The Gift of Prophecy.
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Open this quote“If I leave you as I found you, I am not God’s channel.”
Open this quote“God has never sent me anywhere too late.”
Open this quote“God can work mightily when you persist in believing Him in spite of discouragements from the human standpoint.”
Open this quote“If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time.”
Open this quote“God does not call those who are equipped — He equips those whom He has called.”
Open this quote“Oh, if God had His way, we would be like torches, purifying the very atmosphere wherever we go, moving back the forces of wickedness.”
Open this quote“Oh, the name of Jesus! There is power in that Name to meet every condition of human need.”
Open this quote“God wants manifestation, and He wants His glory to be seen. You are going to miss a great deal if you don’t begin to act.”
Open this quote“The man who wants to work the works of God must never look at conditions but at Jesus.”
Open this quote“A preacher must not tell his audiences what he thinks but what he knows and let them do the thinking.”
Open this quote“Jesus saw every touch by God as a miracle.”
Open this quote“God has chosen us to help one another.”
Open this quote“The power of God is just the same today as it was in the past.”
Open this quote“God is here this morning in power, in blessing, and saying to you, what is your request? Oh, He is so precious! He never fails.”
Open this quote“Power from on high. It is God inserting into you Divine activity with mightiness.”
