MLJ on Revival

Lloyd-Jones, preaching on Mark 9:29 ('And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer"').

We must become utterly and absolutely convinced of our need.

We must cease to have so much confidence in ourselves, and in all our methods and organizations, and in all our slickness.

We have got to realize that we must be filled with God's Spirit. And we must be equally certain that God can fill us with his Spirit.

We have got to realise that however great 'this kind' is, the power of God is infinitely greater, that what we need is not more knowledge, more understanding, more apologetics . . . no, we need a power that can enter into the souls of men and break them and smash them and humble them and then make them anew.

And that is the power of the living God. And we must be confident that God has this power as much today as he had one hundred years ago, and two hundred years ago, and so we must begin to seek the power and to pray for it. We must begin to plead and yearn for it. 'This kind' needs prayer.

Clinton on Leadership Maturity

To develop a leader to maturity, God enlarges the leader's perspectives of the spiritual dynamics of ministry. The leader must learn to sense the spiritual reality (spiritual warfare) behind physical reality, as well as to depend upon God's power in minstry. Also, the leader must learn to know God's voice in the challenge process items - faith, prayer, and influence - and the affirmation process items - divine and ministry.

Watchman Nee on Spiritual Authority

From Nee's 'ten commandments' of spiritual authority:

1. One who learns spiritual authority as the power base for ministry must recognise the essential Source of all authority: God.

7. People who are under God's authority look for and recognise spiritual authority and willingly place themselves under it.

8. Spiritual authority is never exercised for one's own benefit, but for those under it.

Peter Drucker on Leadership

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.