"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light" — John Keith Falconer
"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him." — C.T. Studd
"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God" — William Carey, who is called the father of modern missions
"To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map." — William Carey, pioneer missionary to India
"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?" — David Livingstone
"Sympathy is no substitute for action." — David Livingstone, missionary to Africa
"The Bible is not the basis of missions; missions is the basis of the Bible" — Ralph Winter, missiologist
"Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell; I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell." — C.T. S
"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him." — C.T. Studd
"Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible." — C.T. Studd
"Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist." — Oswald J. Smith
"The mission of the church is missions" — Oswald J. Smith
"In our lifetime, wouldn't it be sad if we spent more time washing dishes or swatting flies or mowing the yard or watching television than praying for world missions?" — Dave Davidson
"Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart" — Bob Pierce, World Vision founder
"No reserves. No retreats. No regrets" — William Borden
"Our God of Grace often gives us a second chance, but there is no second chance to harvest a ripe crop." — Kurt von Schleicher
"Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God." --John Piper
"Go, send, or disobey." — John Piper
"You can give without loving. But you cannot love without giving." — Amy Carmichael, missionary to India
"Only as the church fulfills her missionary obligation does she justify her existence." — Unknown
"The command has been to 'go,' but we have stayed — in body, gifts, prayer and influence. He has asked us to be witnesses unto the uttermost parts of the earth ... but 99% of Christians have kept puttering around in the homeland." — Robert Savage, Latin American Mission
"People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our
lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives ... and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted." — Nate Saint, missionary martyr
The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity." — Mike Stachura
"If God's love is for anybody anywhere, it's for everybody everywhere." — Edward Lawlor, Nazarene General Superintendent
"Never pity missionaries; envy them. They are where the real action is — where life and death, sin and grace, Heaven and Hell converge." — Robert C. Shannon
"What's your dream and to what corner of the missions world will it take you?" — Eleanor Roat, missions mobilizer
"We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer." — Wesley Duewel, head of OMS International
"Love is the root of missions; sacrifice is the fruit of missions" — Roderick Davis
"If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the covers" — Nina Gunter
"The average pastor views his church as a local church with a missions program; while he ought to realize that if he is in fact pastoring a church, it is to be a global church with a missions purpose." — Unknown
"Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work." — A.B. Simpson
"If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small." — Pat Morley
"To stay here and disobey God — I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than to stay here and know that I disobeyed." — Amanda Berry Smith
"I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond!" — Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China and Thailand
"God is a God of missions. He wills missions. He commands missions. He demands missions. He made missions possible through His Son. He made missions actual in sending the Holy Spirit."
And what about this one:
Matthew 28:18-20
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."- Jesus
2 comments:
Great collection of quotes. Though not exactly subtle are they...we need more boldness like this.
Brad
Great quotes, thanks for posting :)!
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