Spiritual Priority Quotes

The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.

China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease-loving men and women... The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China, souls first and foremost in everything and at every time - even life itself must be secondary.

Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.

We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can't walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.

No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and torment in the company of the demons. Do not, therefore, adorn the church and ignore your afflicted brother, for he is the most precious temple of all.

It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh.

How wonderful it would be if the love of God was our priority and the love of neighbour flowed from that.

The kingdom of heaven is worth infinitely more than the cost of discipleship, and those who know where the treasure lies joyfully abandon everything else to secure it.

Sometimes, God may prioritize performing a miracle on our hearts and minds over a miracle concerning our circumstances.

It's prudent to gain the whole world and lose your own soul. But don't forget that your soul sticks to you if you stick to it; but the world has a way of slipping through your fingers.

If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second.

It is a tragedy when the church saves money instead of saving souls. We MUST spend to save.

What has a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

God first, then papa.

For most of us the prayer in Gethsemane is the only model. Removing mountains can wait.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington [the White House.]

The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life isn't to make you number one in the world's eyes but to make Him number one in your life.

God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.

Give God what's right, not what's left!

The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.

Jesus—Not Caesar

...I do not say, Don't play games or cricket and so forth. By all means play and enjoy them, giving thanks to Jesus for them. Only take care that games do not become an idol to you as they did to me. What good will it do to anybody in the next world to have been the best player that ever has been? And then think of the difference between that and winning souls for Jesus.

God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man.

... a man has to think of his soul before everything else.