Quotes About Mission

All he knows is that he has done exactly what he was supposed to do.

I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.

Oh, how sweet it is to be spent and worn out for God!

To an eye of reason, everything that respects the conversion of the heathen is as dark as midnight; and yet I cannot but hope in God for the accomplishment of something glorious among them.

I longed to spend and be spent for God.

Justice William 0. Douglas once told President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Any government bureau more than ten years old should be abolished, because after that it becomes more concerned with its image than with its mission.

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security.

What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached?

God sometimes calls people to a cause not born of their own abilities or most superficial desires. But his call is always absolutely congruent with our destiny, our truest self, our identity and the shape of our being.

Calling brings freedom and fulfillment because it orients us toward something bigger than self.

Se una persona, non importa chi, decide di chiudersi in se stessa, di isolarsi spiritualmente per portare a termine una missione difficile, non importa quale, potrà mai tornare a essere quella di prima? Esattamente come prima?

I am trying to walk a tightrope trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.

This was especially relevant in Korea, a new kind of limited war, which demanded all sorts of political decisions and a certain pragmatism that was alien to MacArthur's sense of duty. Eisenhower thought a younger commander would have been far more appropriate than, as he phrased it, "an untouchable." There was also the danger with MacArthur that he had begun to see his mission in Asia in a quasi-religious light, as the leader of a holy crusade against a godless enemy.

wrote: What should we make of Frans Balder's artificial intelligence? The words blinked onto the computer screen: Mission accomplished! - Plague

God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

If we have not enough in our religion to share it with all the world, it is doomed here at home.

19th March, 1872.—Birthday. My Jesus, my king, my life, my all; I again dedicate my whole self to Thee. Accept me, and grant, Gracious Father, that ere this year is gone I may finish my task. In Jesus' name I ask it. Amen, so let it be.

1st January, 1872.—May the Almighty help me to finish my work this year for Christ's sake!

David Livingstone

Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.

When God calls you to an extraordinary task, He provides extraordinary resources.