Quotes by Eddie Rasnake
Eddie Rasnake — Pastor, Bibellehrer und christlicher Autor · Evangelikal / Baptistisch · USA
Eddie Rasnake ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Bibellehrer und Autor, der langjährig an der Woodland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga (Tennessee) wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch praxisorientierte Jüngerschafts- und Bibelstudienmaterialien, die auf ein schriftzentriertes Glaubensleben und geistliches Wachstum ausgerichtet sind. Bibellesern bietet sein Werk strukturierte Zugänge zu biblischen Büchern sowie praktische Anregungen für die alltägliche christliche Nachfolge.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Growth & Character, Relationships & Family, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Discipleship, Church & Congregation, Prayer & Silence, Humility & Pride
Quotes by Eddie Rasnake
There is no place in Scripture that indicates we can receive more of the Holy Spirit… The real issue is the release of the already present Spirit to have free reign in our hearts. It isn’t about us getting more of Him, but of Him getting more of us.
Eddie Rasnake
Nowhere does the Bible call the [Christian] faith a leap – it calls it a walk. Think about it. What is a walk? It is a lot of little steps in the same direction. It is a journey taken one step at a time.
Eddie Rasnake
What you do when you spend time with God is not nearly so important as that you spend time with God. Spiritual growth is not the result of a dramatic experience, but a lot of small steps. You cannot be changed by one experience into spiritual maturity any more than you can become a full-grown adult by eating one meal… Think of spending time with God as one meal in the whole plan of your spiritual nutrition. If you are doing something that isn’t satisfying your spiritual hunger, then change your diet. But whatever you do – don’t give up eating.
Eddie Rasnake
Being “filled with the Spirit” as Paul speaks of in Ephesians 5:18 is not getting more of the Spirit, but yielding every area of our lives to the Spirit’s empowering and direction – having our lives filled with God’s Spirit as opposed to self.
Eddie Rasnake
When I submit to the leaders God places over me, I do so not in trust of them, but in trust of God who placed them. My trust is not that they will always make the right decisions, but rather, that God is able to work in their hearts and in my life even in their mistakes. The bottom line of submission on every level is not “Can I trust this leader,” but “Can I trust God to work in, through, and in spite of this leader?”
Eddie Rasnake
Imagine a symphony where every instrument kept hitting exactly the same note in exactly the same way. You could describe it in one word – BORING! No, a beautiful symphony is not music in unison, but music in unity – notes that blend together to make something they couldn’t make separately. This is what God wants the body of Christ to be like, and it all begins with relationship.
Eddie Rasnake
If [God] is on the throne of our hearts and in control of our lives – then all our human relationships will be positively affected… Instead of looking to our relationships for what we can take from others, we will begin to see relationships in light of what we can give. Finding our own deepest need met in our relationship with God, we will be free to be used by Him to meet needs in others.
Eddie Rasnake
It is not our job to “produce” unity. Unity is “of the Spirit” (Ephesians 4:3). Unity is automatic when the Spirit is in control of everyone’s lives. Our job is to “preserve” the unity of the Spirit – to do nothing to disrupt the unity He is producing… We must take care of our relationships and be quick to clean up our offenses. We must make right our wrongs so that the unity of the Spirit is not disrupted.
Eddie Rasnake
Sources: gospelfolio.com, woodlandpark.org, google.com, gracequotes.org
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