Vance Havner Quotes

God has allowed me through the BSB to minister in a positive way, encouraging people to stand up for what they believe.

There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do!

Oh! how great and glorious a thing it is to have before one the Word of God! With that we may at all times feel joyous and secure; we need never be in want of consolation, for we see before us, in all its brightness, the pure and right way.

Pastors are sent to utter the deep things of God for the conviction of sin, and for edification and comfort.

Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?

Have you felt, as I have, the impression to help someone only to find that what you were inspired to give was exactly what someone needed at that very moment? That is a wonderful assurance that God knows all of our needs and counts on us to fill the needs of others around us.

The mistake we make is to look for a source of comfort in ourselves: self-contemplation, instead of gazing upon God. In other words, we look for comfort precisely where comfort never can be.

I am grateful for the men and women who pastor, who lead in churches across our country. Ultimately, their role of loving people and seeing hearts changed is probably the greatest calling.

I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.

I feel a special calling to impart hope to the church I serve.

We don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering.

Be careful before leaving someone in a sorrowing situation. Say a word of prayer with them and share even a brief word of encouragement from the Scriptures.

While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.

At the risk of appearing predictable, the Bible was and remains the biggest influence on my thinking. I was raised reading it, memorizing passages from it and being guided by it. I still find it a source of wisdom, comfort and encouragement.

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published.

Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!

Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

Go forth in confidence and go forth in peace. For there are angels to your left and angels to your right; angels in front of you and angels behind you; angels above you and angels below. You are loved, and you are not alone.

Everybody needs a hero. Jesus is mine.

The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.

The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.

If you want to find your voice, you need to hear the voice of God.

I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm here to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us.

Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration.

You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.