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Quotes About Mission

The gospel is not just the illustration (even the best illustration) of an idea. It is the story of actions by which the human situation is irreversibly changed.
~ Lesslie Newbigin
The minister's leadership of the congregation in its mission to the world will be first and foremost in the area of his or her own discipleship, in that life of prayer and daily consecration which remains hidden from the world but which is the place where the essential battles are either won or lost.
~ Lesslie Newbigin
The witness of which the New Testament passages speak is God's gift, not our accomplishment.
~ Lesslie Newbigin
It is God who chooses, calls, and sends. When
~ Lesslie Newbigin
Mission is not just something that the church does; it is something that is done by the Spirit, who
~ Lesslie Newbigin
separation of church from mission is theologically indefensible. More
~ Lesslie Newbigin
To maintain, in this new situation, the old missionary attitude is not merely inexcusable but positively dangerous. In a world threatened with nuclear war, a world facing a global ecological crisis, a world more and more closely bound together in its cultural and economic life, the paramount need is for unity, and an aggressive claim on the part of one of the world's religions to have the truth for all can only be regarded as treason against the human race.
~ Lesslie Newbigin
the mission is not ours but God's.
~ Lesslie Newbigin
the Spirit himself is sovereign over the mission, the church can only be the attentive servant. In
~ Lesslie Newbigin
The church is witness insofar as it follows obediently where the Spirit leads. The
~ Lesslie Newbigin
I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls to Christ. When I was asleep, I dreamed of these things, and when I waked, the first thing I thought of was this great work.
~ Lettie B. Cowman
You didn't get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.
~ Lev Grossman
Worst away team ever," Josh said, wading up onto land. "Not a single redshirt.
~ Lev Grossman
We are trying to motivate Christians everywhere with the love of Christ for the lost and to help them sense the urgency we must have to reach unbelievers everywhere, before it is too late for them.
~ Reinhard Bonnke
Collegiality is crucial to the success of our mission. We could not do the job the Constitution assigns to us if we didn't - to use one of Justice Antonin Scalia's favorite expressions - 'Get over it!'
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
~ James Allen
I personally claim no special insight into Satan's methods, but I have at times been able to identify his influence and his actions in my life and in the lives of others. When I was on my first mission, Satan sought to divert me from my future path and, if possible, to destroy my usefulness in the Lord's work.
~ James E. Faust
The creation of useless offices and mandatory trainings to promote 'wokeness' and diversity inclusion among our troops distracts from the national security mission of the armed services.
~ Lauren Boebert
Our users have a relationship with our brand and are demanding more and more Bumble content, and we're committed to delivering that content with a team that's as talented as they are passionate about our mission.
~ Whitney Wolfe Herd
The mission of Border Patrol agents to protect the United States from harm is being impeded by a crisis Congress has the ability to fix, but as usual, chooses not to.
~ Katie Pavlich
The VA MISSION Act is one of the first bills I was fortunate enough to support and see enacted into law.
~ Cindy Hyde-Smith
Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation.
~ Clint Walker
Our soldiers have done a valiant effort in fighting terrorism and bringing a semblance of law and order to the chaos in the region and it would be shortsighted to lay out a specific timetable to bring U.S. troops home prematurely before their mission is accomplished.
~ James T. Walsh
We're not up there in space just to joyride around. We're up there to do things that are of value to everybody right here on Earth.
~ John Glenn