PRAY|THE|REVOLUTION

I love Steve Gray’s one liners.  He’s the pastor of World Revival Church in Kansas City, Missouri where God is moving in a unique way right now.

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Here are some of my favorite:

• "The quickest way to put out the fire is to start spewing your opinion."
• "Missing church is not a sin, it is only a sign."
• "If you are living to be entertained, you better enjoy it because that is all you are going to get."
• Christianity is not about living forever. It is about living with someone forever.
• "A move of God can destroy you if you do not have love."
• "You may in fact have the ‘Mind of Christ,’ but the problem is you are not using it."
• "Christians argue about a book they never intend to obey."
• "The glory of God appears when hearts begin to change. If you are not willing to change, you will not see the glory of God."
• "You better watch out for religion, it might steal your anointing."
• "Revival comes when God brings conditions that run opposed to traditions."
• "It is a profound mistake to imagine a God who will never reject us."
• "Revival is when we finally smash our father’s altar and begin rebuilding a proper one for the Lord."
• "Right now you have got about as much of the presence of God as you want to have."
• "If you reject revival, you are saying the dead, lifeless Christianity of today is acceptable."
• "The biggest obstacle to revival is not the sinners but those who have already prayed the prayer. It is people who carry big fat Bibles who shut down moves of God."
• "Revival is not a passive experience."
• "Christians deceive themselves into thinking they have God’s presence because they have knowledge of Him."
• "There is absolutely no revival without risk."
• "Repentance is not an apology; it is turning from one kingdom to another. The real sin is that we are still in love with the kingdom that crucified our Lord."
• "The alternative to revival is unthinkable."
• "People like to talk about the river, but have forgotten the purpose of the river is to sift those who cannot go into battle."
• "What was wrong with Ishmael? His birth was not a supernatural work of the Spirit. What is wrong with the church? She is not the one promised to Jesus."
• "Too many people are waiting for a move of God that fits what already exists."
• "A second in the presence of God can give you a lifetime of ministry."
• "One of the best ways to evangelize is to be changed."
• "A true revival doesn’t know how to stop at noon on Sunday."
• "We have done everything to cut God out of our lives and still get to Heaven."
• "It is not that we are doing the wrong things, we are just neglecting the weightier things."
• "When we adjust our priorities and flow as a group, we can experience the presence of God."
• "The first thing most churches need to do is get God to attend."
• "You can’t get the governor without getting the government. You can’t get the King without getting the Kingdom."
• "When Paul, one of the world’s most intelligent men, was on the road to Damascus, he saw the light flash. Ironically all of the knowledge built up in him did not change him like a sudden flash of light. A man who had the greatest education needed an experience."
• "The Church doesn’t have a lack of power; it has a lack of hunger."
• "Remember Jesus would never leave a service early because He had something better to do."
• "Many sincere Christians are living in frustration because they are trying to find themselves rather than lose themselves."
• "For the sake of gaining nickels and noses, churches have taken away faithfulness, passion and commitment."
• "Many would rather quietly slumber in spiritual lethargy than to be roused with intense spiritual warning."
• "The biggest threat in the earth is not what the world is doing to the Church, but what the church is doing to the world."
• "It angers the pagans when we claim to have something that we don’t live."
• "While there is a false religion people are willing to die for, there is a true religion people are not willing to get out of bed for."
• "Prayer can be a real chore if you always have to ask for forgiveness first."
• The problem with the Church is that it has picked a theology that fits their wallet."
• "The reason most people cannot hear God is not because He isn’t speaking. He is just saying what they don’t want to hear."
• "Most men are willing to allow their minds to be enslaved to the world as long as they are entertained."
• "If you are not prepared to labor day and night, you will never be able to sustain a genuine move of God."
• "Most churches are concerned with losing people and money. I wish they would be a little more concerned with losing the Holy Spirit."

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