In Honor of Peter Marshall.






In Memory of a Man who was after God's own heart. As a younger minister my heart warmed to His preaching, (From recorded sermons) the soaring diction, the impassioned eloquent proclamation of truth, through a life consumed by Christ!

As a middle aged Pastor now, the memory of this incomparable Preacher continues to inspire!

I am so looking forward to meeting Dr. Marshall in heaven! Few people in my life's journey have touched me as deeply as the late Peter Marshall.


Here is just a sample of his profound way of turning a phrase...

• A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

• Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

• God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

• If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you with forgiveness.

• It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

• Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

• May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to please do what is right.

• Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.

• One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

• Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

• Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

• The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

• When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

And without question there is one Peter Marshall, quote that has meant the most to me.

It has been used by God to encourage not just my heart, but so many more in my own ministry, as I have shared it.

For me this statement encapsulates Peter Marshall and his deep love for the Lord, and hope of life eternal...

"We believe as Christians, that when our loved ones die, they go to be with the Lord. The Bible teaches that the Lord is with us.

Well if they are with Him, and He is with us...
they cannot be very far away"

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