Quotes About Service

determined to ask those of heaven to heal me--for I wished, nevertheless, to be well, though I bore my illness with great joy. Sometimes, too, I used to think that if I recovered my health, and yet were lost for ever, I was better as I was. But, for all that, I thought I might serve God much better if I were well. This is our delusion; we do not resign ourselves absolutely to the disposition of our Lord, Who knows best what is for our good.

You should each do your duty; and, if this is not appreciated by your superior, you may be sure that it will be appreciated and rewarded by the Lord.

the Lord asks only two things of us: love for His Majesty and love for our neighbour.

Let humility be always at work, like the bee at the honeycomb, or all will be lost.

The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.

Reach up (to accept blessings). Bend down (to respect humbly). Reach out (to give freely).

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. Admiral Bill McRaven (Navy SEAL)

Was he not inaugurated as President amidst the waving of flags and the sounds of trumpets, only to be martyred, as Christ was, because of his services for the lowly?

as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:14–15)

whatever we worship we eventually will wind up serving. That's because the more we worship something or someone, the more we increase our level of commitment, and the more we become like the thing we worship.

the greatest ministry opportunities I've ever seen have followed the two big tragedies in my life.

You and I will never flow in the anointing of Elisha until we have learned to serve an Elijah.

from the late Joe Aldrich: "Only wounded soldiers can serve in God's army.

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

Lord Jesus, do absolutely anything you need to do to me, so that you can do absolutely everything you want to do through me.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies

But how will a Christian engage in war—indeed, how will a Christian even engage in military service during peacetime—without the sword, which the Lord has taken away? For although soldiers had approached John to receive instructions and a centurion believed, this does not change the fact that afterward, the Lord, by disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier. Under no circumstances should a true Christian draw the sword.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

A love which does not prove itself in action is not enough, nor is our natural readiness to please a friend; that is not charity, for sinners are ready to do the same. Jesus

The life of every missionary abounds in crosses," said Théophane Vénard. And again: "True happiness consists in suffering, and in order to live we must die.

Love lives only by sacrifice

It is for us to console our Lord, and not for Him to console us.

For Thérèse, poetry was not "art for amusement," because she did not write for her own satisfaction but out of duty, or at least with a concern to serve, to help, and to encourage.6