David Shibley Quotes & Sayings

I believe that we are the generation that will rise and fulfill the Great Commission. But if we don't; some generation will. God has decreed it! — David Shibley

God did not make a mistake when He chose you to bear Christ's name at this hinge of history. — David Shibley

The purpose of revival is to fire the church with divine energy for her divine assignment. Revival will tear us away from our temporal pursuits to give ourselves for what really matters.Revival will not occur without prayer. Prevailing prayer is always antecedent to revival. — David Shibley

Priority number one for too many of us is not the glory of God but the blessing of ourselves. — David Shibley

The true goal of Christian unity is world evangelization. — David Shibley

The first joint priority of the churches of any city should be that of making it hard for people to go to hell from that city. — David Shibley

Intercession remains the unrivaled master in fulfilling the Great Commission. — David Shibley

God is not calling us to win the world and, in the process, lose our families. But I have known those who so enshrined family life and were so protective of "quality time" that the children never saw in their parents the kind of consuming love that made their parent's faith attractive to them. Some have lost their children, note because they weren't at their soccer games or didn't take family vacations, but because they never transmitted a loyalty to Jesus that went deep enough to interrupt personal preferences. — David Shibley

Not every believer has the missionary gift, but every Christian is called to some kind of involvement in missions. We are called to advance the gospel in some way and to participate in the fulfilling of God's purposes in our generation — David Shibley