You win over people just like you win over a dog. You see a dog passing down the street with an old bone in his mouth. You don't grab the bone from him and tell him it's not good for him. He'll growl at you. It's the only thing he has. But you throw a big fat lamb chop in front of him, and he's going to drop that bone and pick up the lamb chop, his tail wagging to beat the band. And you've got a friend. Instead of going around grabbing bones from people... I'm going to throw them some lamb chops. Something with real meat and life in it. I'm going to tell them about New Beginnings.
David WilkersonPrayer and humility, along with a hatred for sin, produces a โmind to work.โ โSo built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to workโ (Nehemiah 4:6). True revivals of holiness always produce workers. Books and seminars and lectures donโtโbut revival does!
David WilkersonAre you becoming more sweet-spirited, more like Jesus? Are you looking soberly in the mirror each day and praying, โLord, I want to conform to Your image in every area of my lifeโ? Or has your bitterness taken root, turning into rebellion and hardness of heart? Have you learned to shield yourself from the convicting voice of Godโs Spirit?
David Wilkerson