I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
- C. J. Mahaney
Myself, Blindness, Discouraged
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.
- C. J. Mahaney
Church, Over, Studied, Transition
The presence of any humility in my life is purely and completely an evidence of God's grace. From my perspective, I am not a humble man. I am a proud man pursuing humility by the grace of God.
- C. J. Mahaney
Humble, My Life, Purely, Presence
It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.
- C. J. Mahaney
Purpose, Studying, Been, Weakening
Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
- C. J. Mahaney
Absence, Eternal, Vulnerable, Rooted
Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.
- C. J. Mahaney
Eyes, Challenges, Blind, Hearts
Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
- C. J. Mahaney
Heart, Blindness, About, Remaining
God is decisively drawn to the humble.
- C. J. Mahaney
God, Humble, Drawn
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