“It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.”
Brother Yun (1958) Chinese christian house church leader
Source: The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
“Preachers are not sermon makers, but men makers and saint makers, and he only is well-trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint. It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God - men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.”
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