Mike Willis quotes

“I define ministry as what you've went through. I believe it takes somebody to go through something to be able to minister to something.”
-- Mike Willis

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“I can't jump into other people's shoes, I can only speak for me. My songs are pretty much sermons put to music.”
-- Mike Willis

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“I used to stand in front of the mirror and listen to Hezekiah Walker all day. I thought I was a member of his choir and direct people that weren't there.”
-- Mike Willis

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“One of my friends continued to ask me when was I going to start the group. One particular time she asked me, someone else asked the same thing later on in the week. I believe that was definitely the Lord speaking and prompting me to start it.”
-- Mike Willis

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“Your testimony doesn't mean anything if it is not your testimony. So every song that I write it happened at one point in my life or another.”
-- Mike Willis

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“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”

“I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?”

“I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan

“In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.”

Source : Alan Hirsch, Tim Catchim (2012). “The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church”, p.33, John Wiley & Sons

“All the hope of our ministry lies in the Spirit of God operating on the spirits of men.”

“Always have a book to read, instead of indulging in vain conversation. Strive to learn English....Remember this, that you cannot commit some loved sin in private, and perform the work of the ministry in public, with facility and acceptance.”

“If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing”

“The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.”

“Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.”

“Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.”