Quotes About Dedication

Missionary work in a place where Christ has never been named is sometimes less arduous than in places where, though named, He has not been honored by lives of holy obedience.

His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.

marriage is a vocation. You are called to it. Accept marriage, then, as a God-given task. Throw yourself into it with joy. Do it heartily, with faith, prayer, and thanksgiving.

It was typical of Jim that, once sure of God's leading, he did not turn aside easily. The "leading" was to Ecuador, so every thought and action was bent in that direction. Jim practiced what he preached when he wrote in his diary: "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

If one truly wants to be His disciple he must first give up his right to himself (a total abandonment), take up the Cross (which must mean, sooner or later and in many forms, suffering), and finally follow -- a daily obedience.

I reminded Jim of what we both knew it might mean if he went. "Well, if that's the way God wants it to be," was his calm reply. "I'm ready to die for the salvation of the Aucas." While still a student in college Jim had written: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

First of all, I want you to know that I believed in the cause for which I died. No war is won without sacrifice.

For ten years before I began writing for a living, I worked as a registered nurse. Never mind that the work was hard—more than once, I literally had not time for even a bathroom break. (My husband never believed me about this, but it was true.) Never mind that I had to work on holidays and every other weekend and on people's birthdays, my own included; I loved the job.

One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

Marriage is more than finding the right person…it is being the right person!

To live out God's plan for your life calls for you to discipline yourself…and your body. To push yourself. To deny yourself.

Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing.

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.

The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.

Your commitment to follow God's plan makes a difference in the atmosphere in your home and improves the climate of your marriage.

A Christian's heart for God should be like a teakettle on a flaming stove burner—hot to touch, visibly steaming, and audible.

God's beautiful woman spares no effort to provide the best she can for her beloved family.

The most important step to living a better life is to choose to put God first daily.

Your attitude of serving the Lord can transform even the most menial of tasks into a magnificent sacrifice of love.

It takes dedicated parents to produce consecrated children.

This virtuous and very industrious woman needs physical strength and ability to do the work of her life, the work of love.

I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.

You have no idea how strong my love is!

What do you love doing so much that the words failure and success essentially become irrelevant?