John Bevere Quotes

I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.

The way of the gospel is a simple way. Some of the requirements may appear to you as elementary and unnecessary. Do not spurn them. Humble yourselves and walk in obedience. I promise that the results that follow will be marvelous to behold and satisfying to experience.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, 'Not my will, but thine be done.'

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

Chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord, O Nanak.

My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.

There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands.

Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders -- to something.

Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory.

We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, adjusting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.

I remain God's humble servant.

The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

Any assessment of where we stand in relationship to Him tells us that we do not stand at all. We kneel.

To find one's special quality One must lead a life of deep humility. To serve in this way Never question but obey Is the blessing of St Aggie's charity. - The owls of St. Aegolius

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

My wife and I love children. We have five of our own. I would ask that anyone who looks up to me would instead look up to God. I am nothing without Him. Everything I do in life and in baseball is to glorify Him.