Inspirational Quotes by Jack Hayford

“There is hardly anything more fundamental to the life of a believer than repentance—hardly anything more life-giving, more liberating, more glorious. That’s why the devil has sought to discredit it.”

“There can be no possible return to God without repentance. Repentance speaks of turning back. The notion that repentance is merely a change of mind is a deficient definition. It is a change of mind and heart and life. It is a deliberate turning away from that which is wrong and destructive and a turning back to God and His mercy.”

“It’s high time we quit trying to drag the Word of God down to our level of experience and commitment, trying to conform Scripture to our ways rather than conforming our ways to Scripture. Instead, we need to take hold of everything He has promised and everything He has called us to, and, by His grace, pursue and obey Him until His reality becomes our reality.”

“I realize that true success is not measured in the number of people who attend church on a Sunday, as good a thing as that may seem. Success in God’s eyes is seen in the impact the message of the Kingdom has on how people think and live in my city, region and nation.”

“The world outside there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity, it’s waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.”

“Our opinion of the last days must never undermine our commission.”

“Believers, do you have the courage to get alone with God and say to Him honestly, “If what I have is all the Christianity there is, then the thing is a fraud!” God”

“The Spirit doesn’t require our perfect performance to work with; He simply needs willingness to yield to whatever the Father wants to do.”

“When people hear about what God used to do, one of the things they say is: “Oh, that was a very long while ago.” . . . I thought it was God that did it. Has God changed? Is he not an immutable God, the same yesterday, today and forever? Does not that furnish an argument to prove that what God has done at one time he can do at another? Nay, I think I may push it a little further and say what he has done once is a prophecy of what he intends to do again. . . . Whatever God has done . . . is to be looked upon as a precedent. . . . [Let us] with earnestness seek that God would restore to us the faith of the men of old, that we may richly enjoy his grace as in the days of old.”

“To seek the fulfillment of ourselves in God—that is, to seek only the blessings and refreshing of God, but not seek God for himself—this type of spirituality is the enemy of the cross of Christ. —ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS”

“We cannot use the political spirit in one situation and think we can be free from it in another. The political spirit uses the fear of man and manipulation to get people to support a particular way of thinking.”

“The test of how people will steward revival when it comes is revealed in how faithfully they cry out for it before it gets there.”

“As Christians, we must get rid of the notion that the only answer for life’s troubles is for us to die and go to heaven. Don’t be mistaken—heaven is real and is greater than we can possibly imagine. But the kind of attitude that says rescue from this earth is the only thing we live for is an insult to the power of the blood of Jesus and the purpose of redemption.”

“God must be more valuable to us than anything. We must put God first as opposed to just trying to to squeeze Him into our lives.”

“The dominion we lost is one of the things Jesus came to take back. He bought us through shedding His blood as the sacrificial lamb when He took our place in death.”

“The idea that the Lord wanted me to make prayer such a driving emphasis seemed counterintuitive to positioning the church for revival. How could it be that quite possibly the most unpopular activity in church culture could become a birthing center for a history-making move of the Holy Spirit?”

“Rest assured, if you feel directionless in your personal walk with God or your congregation when it comes to prayer, ask the Holy Spirit for divine strategy. He wants to make it practical and accessible. This is exactly what He did for our community as we sought to make prayer our great quest.”

“Recognize the importance of prayer in this hour. We can talk about revival all we want, but historically, landscape-changing revival has been preceded by tenacious men and women of prayer.”

“the grace that God gives you is grace that comes with responsibility.”

“Revival is a divine confrontation. Heaven extends us an option—continue as normal or recapture God’s definition of normal.”