Inspirational Missionary Quotes & Sayings

I became a Christian at the age of seventeen. I made a very conscious act of commitment and my only desire was to be kept in purity and holiness throughout the whole time of my earthly pilgrimage. I didn't choose Christ's narrow path for the riches, fame, or comfortable life it would bring, for I had experienced several times in my family before I became a Christian that true discipleship would mean a life of persecution. — Mikhail Khorev

Architecture is definitely a political act. — Peter Eisenman

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself. — David Walliams

Whenever we have opportunity to serve, we must serve with all our heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My ACTIONS should draw people to the God I serve, not my SALES PITCH. If people want what I have, they'll ask me how to get it. If not, that's their business. — Stefne Miller

YOUR GENES ARE RUNNING THE SHOW If you're anything like me, I know you're champing at the bit to get going on Diet Evolution, but hold your horses. I've found that most of us can stick to a program only if we understand how and why we got to our present state of affairs. The next four chapters will do just that. You can thank Mom and Dad for your beautiful baby blues, as well as your hair color, height, and build. All these traits were encoded in copies of their genes - half of them her's, the other half his - that now reside in your body. Any children you have will in turn have copies of half of your genes and half of your partner's, and so on through generations to come. Determining — Steven R. Gundry

So, you see; you have the soul of a missionary, the heart of a revolutionary and the mind of a reformer. But what are you to yourself and the family and friends who will always be there for you? — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds. — Steve Forbert

We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed in feeling sorry for ourselves) behind. If we leave a place and take our selfishness with us, the cycle of problems starts all over again no matter where we go. But if we leave our selfishness behind, no matter where we are, things start to improve. — John H. Groberg

Every day is predetermined by God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To promise to abide by this legislation, so inimical to God, would mean forsaking the gospel and turning away from God's law. This is why Christians have a choice to make, either to trade in their loyalty to God for freedom from persecution, or to remain true to Christ and consequently run the risk of persecution. — Mikhail Khorev

Living according to God's truth means that my ego must die, and I must live entirely for God and for my neighbors. Living according to God's truth means not following the crowd and not being dismayed when even your friends misunderstand you. For the God whom you serve will have the final word. On the day of judgement he will speak the final word over the whole of your life. — Mikhail Khorev

We can serve humanity with our divine passions and gifted skills. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We can serve humanity with passionate commitment to our divine purpose. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Serve one another with great humility. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May God give you overflowing grace for every good work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do everything with love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Lord's gracious hand is upon us.
We will begin the good work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You must put all your heart into everything you do. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Silence.
Give me control. Give me calm. Give me restraint.
Flash. — Chuck Palahniuk

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology — John Piper

Muslims should live like brothers. — Abu Bakr

Work with enthusiasm. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whenever we feel the absence of peace - whenever our unmet longing for joy expresses itself as anxiety, or depression, or fear, or anger, or enslavement to any number of defeating sin patterns or addictions - the emptiness we're feeling and trying to fill is for what our relationship with God, by His loving choice, was always meant to be. Our angst comes from the underlying implications of Ecclesiastes 3:11, where the Scripture says God has put eternity into man's heart. — Matt Chandler

I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time. — Bitsie Tulloch