Quotes About Calling

What you write chooses you.

First Thessalonians 5:24 would have to hold true: "He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it." If God had called us, He would bring it to pass.

Did you ever stop and ask God if your current position is the one He has chosen for you, if where you are now is where He wants you to be? It makes no difference what the salary or working conditions are like; what really matters is, has God called you to that job and place?

You have a grace on your life and talents and abilities to do what God has called you to do. You may not understand or realize your talents at first, but eventually, if you persist, you will see them. First Corinthians 15:10 says: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

hard times. He said: "Keep your eyes on the resurrection, and you can endure the cross." The cross is not a burden; it's the call of God on our lives.

Viewing my ministry as a mercy means I don't have to serve the Lord, I get to do it!

Members of Christian churches continue to think small thoughts of God and great thoughts of man. This state of affairs reveals that too many Christians have neglected their first great calling: to know their God. Every Christian is meant to be a theologian in the best and most intimate sense of the word. If churches are to prosper in health, church members must be committed to being biblical theologians in whatever capacity they can. This is the second mark of a healthy church member.

Some men have gifts but no graces. Others have graces but no gifts. Neither of these are wanted in the Christian ministry. "I

God hath not called us that we should be unclean, but holy and virtuous.

You are a Christian today only because God was the first to seek peace with you. You are now called and equipped to be the first to seek after peace and to attempt to pursue and maintain unity. As you do this you have the high honor of acting as an imitator of God.

Just as God stepped out of his nature to become a partaker of our humanity, so we are called to step out of our nature to become partakers of his divinity" (Hilary of Arles, Intro. Comm. on 2 Pet. 1.4).

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.

Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.

I once called the head of a network a liar. In hindsight, I should have called him an incompetent liar.

Every new generation is a new crop that needs to be harvested for God.

Even when I was calling myself the Microphones I only really ever played new songs... because I feel, like, a pretty strong connection to the song when I'm performing it.

I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.

I think it's important for kids to find their own niche, their own hobbies or profession.

There is one nickname that my mate wants me to have... it's The Ace. I'm happy for a campaign for people to start calling me that!

If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth.

I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.

Boxing is my calling and so I have no fear of getting hurt.

I had no idea what I wanted to be when I was 17. I just knew I wanted to be something larger than myself.