Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning and reach it only then because they give up trying to analyze it and decide to accept it.
Vance HavnerToo many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste.
Vance HavnerOne man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments.
Vance HavnerHumility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.
Vance HavnerIt is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.
Vance Havner