Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to get into their pews or their favorite church parking spot. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one. 4. The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly and mosquito come close. When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
People are funny.
They want the front of the bus, middle of the road, and the back of the church. Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your door for years. If the church wants a better preacher, it only needs to pray for the one it has. Not only are the sins of the fathers visited upon the children, but nowadays the sins of the children are visited upon the fathers. Jesus does not propose to judge a man till he is dead.