Brother Andrew Quotes & Sayings

One of the students was a doctor, a German woman, and I used to watch her scouring garbage pails as though she were preparing a room for surgery. — Brother Andrew

Our prayers can go where we cannot ... there are no borders, no prison walls, no doors that are closed to us when we pray. — Brother Andrew

In the years of living this life of faith, I have never known God's care to fail. — Brother Andrew

Duty before self-preservation - that is a very important principle in Scripture. Do you remember when David confronted Goliath? He said that when a lion or bear attacked his father's sheep, he went after it and killed it and rescued the sheep. Now to our thinking, we can't imagine a father allowing his son to be put in such danger, but that wasn't Jesse's attitude nor David's. Duty before self-preservation. Both father and son expected that David would do his duty to save the sheep. The heavenly Father had the same attitude toward Jesus." Butros — Brother Andrew

Why are we worried!" Rolf said suddenly. "This is God's work. He'll make a way for us. — Brother Andrew

The enemy is fierce and he would like for you to think that he has on. Don't believe his lie. — Brother Andrew

Whenever, wherever, however You want me, I'll go. And I'll begin this very minute. Lord, as I stand up from this place, and as I take my first step forward, will You consider this is a step toward complete obedience to You? I'll call it the step of yes. — Brother Andrew

God does not choose people because of their ability, but because of their availability. — Brother Andrew

Don't bring Hollywood; bring Christ. Don't bring power. Don't bring just your money. Bring love. Bring the kingdom. — Brother Andrew

The Church is larger than any one nation or any one political scene. — Brother Andrew

I experienced one of the common miracles of the Christian life. Our spirits recognized each other. — Brother Andrew

We have to live a life that is more revolutionary than that of the revolutionaries. — Brother Andrew

Don't curse the darkness but light a candle. — Brother Andrew

As I did, there, in perfect condition, to be admired by five sets of wondering eyes, was an enormous, glistening, moist, chocolate cake. — Brother Andrew

What is it, Lord?" What am I holding back? What am I using as an excuse for not serving You in whatever You want me to do?" And then, there by the canal, I finally had my answer. My "yes" to God had always been a "yes, but." Yes, but I'm not educated. Yes, but I'm lame. With the next breath, I did say "Yes." I said it in a brand-new way, without qualification. "I'll go, Lord, — Brother Andrew

Through prayer we can reach into the future and with loving hands touch those beyond our reach. — Brother Andrew

It's better to obey God rather than men. — Brother Andrew

I have come to see clearly that life is more than self. It is more than doing what I want, striving for what will benefit me, dreaming of all I can be. Life is all about my relationship with God. There is no higher calling, no loftier dream, and no greater goal than to live, breathe, and be poured out for Jesus Christ."
Jamie in Brother Andrew's "The Calling — Brother Andrew

God really is a Father, as displeased with a cramped, niggardly attitude of lack as with its opposite. — Brother Andrew

Christians need a new filling of the Holy Spirit to love those who disagree with them. And the greatest expression of love is to share with them the most precious thing a Christian has, which is the good news of the salvation of Jesus Christ. — Brother Andrew

Lord, if you show me the way, I will follow You. — Brother Andrew

Once again I saw that incredulous question, that dawning hope: We are not alone, then? We have brothers in other places? We have friends we never knew? — Brother Andrew

The bigger the darkness, the easier it is to spot your little light. — Brother Andrew

Of course it's dangerous. But it's a lot more dangerous for all of us if we don't do it. Even in a conquering army there are casualties. Safety is not the issue when we look at the Great Commission. The purpose of the church cannot be to survive, or even to thrive, but to serve. — Brother Andrew

Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe. — Brother Andrew

You can get in anywhere if you go to serve. — Brother Andrew

The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission. — Brother Andrew

Uncle Hoppy only laughed. "Just you wait," he said. "Before we get home we will meet the man who was supposed to be in that chair. And when we do, his heart will be prepared. Time and place are our own limitations, Andy; we mustn't impose them upon God." And — Brother Andrew

She began by reminding me of the scriptural injunction that the ox grinding the corn must not be kept from enjoying the grain. Did I think God felt less about His human workers? Hadn't I better examine myself to be sure I was not nursing a Sacrificial Spirit? Wasn't I claiming to depend upon God, but living as if my needs would be met by my own scrimping? — Brother Andrew

But I knew that we had really met, she the Catholic from Eastern Europe, I the Protestant from the West. There on the crowded tramway platform we had met as Christians. — Brother Andrew

I think you're like one of your own lumps of clay, Andy. God has a plan for you, and He's trying to get you into the center of it, and you keep dodging and slithering away. — Brother Andrew

Scripture tells us to submit to governing authorities. That's a valid command - most of the time. However, when we fear God, there comes a time when we must resist human government and yield to a higher authority. Government is given to protect the good and to punish the bad (see Romans 13:3). When government protects the bad and punishes the good, then our submission to legal authority may have to end. This becomes the source of persecution for righteousness' sake. — Brother Andrew

If I were going to give my life as a servant of the King, I had to know that King. What was he like? In what could I trust him? In the same way I could trust a set of impersonal laws? Or could I trust him as a living leader, as a very present commander in battle? The question was central. Because if he were a king in name only, I would rather go back to the chocolate factory. I would remain a Christian, but I would know that my religion was only a set of principles, excellent and to be followed, but hardly demanding devotion. — Brother Andrew

I am a fool for Christ...whose fool are you? — Brother Andrew

One man with God is a majority. — Brother Andrew

Don't complain to yourselves that you can't go to the mission field! Thank God for bringing the mission field to you! — Brother Andrew

That's the excitement in obedience, finding out later what God had in mind. — Brother Andrew

Hatred and greed are heavy loads. Your motive, on the other hand, is love. And instead of priding yourselves on your cunning, you recognize how weak you are ... so weak that you must depend totally on the Spirit of God. — Brother Andrew