Quotes About Mission

THE BIBLE TELLS US, "Go and make disciples … baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). Sometimes we get this confused with, "Go and make workers … browbeating them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Goals are what we do. Purposes are why we do what we do.

We imagined ourselves as the Sons of Liberty with a mission to preserve, protect, and project the revolutionary spirit of rock and roll. We feared that the music which had given us sustenance was in danger of spiritual starvation. We feared it losing its sense of purpose, we feared it falling into fattened hands, we feared it floundering in a mire of spectacle, finance, and vapid technical complexity.

His mission was not to reveal, but to document an aspect of sexuality as art, as it had never been done before.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it's difficult to score.

The "business as usual" agency has a board made up of white, middle-aged or older males working with a "from us to them" attitude. The "business as usual" church supports crosscultural missionaries, but these folks are all the same culture and ethnicity of the majority of the members of the church.

How different would our world be today if there had been effective mission among those who a few years ago felt free to make huge personal fortunes out of subprime mortgages in the United States? The results of the nonevangelization of that segment of American society has today had global outcomes effecting millions of lives.) So, start at home !31

For many of us, following Jesus in this world will not require literally dying. But it might require downsizing our lifestyle. It might mean taking vacation time to go on a short-term mission trip when we could be just relaxing. In any case, it's all about identifying with Jesus and saying, in light of the Great Salvation, "Jesus, I want to go where you're going and where you want to bring me.

In spite of the desire for relational connectivity, the greatest ministry challenge facing these younger Christians is arguably long-term commitment. In their fast-moving, ever-changing world, concentration on any one thing for more than three or six months is very challenging. Going on a short-term mission trip to rescue people from human trafficking is one thing; investing years or decades in fighting unjust legal systems is another.

The pluralistic spirit of the age challenges the very raison d'etre of mission in a globalized world. If Jesus is not the only way, how does that affect our desire to go to dangerous, difficult places and into hardship situations? In the face of global pluralism, the church must proclaim Jesus Christ with theological integrity, critical contextualization and countercultural preaching.

You and I were created for more than filling up our schedules with the self-satisfying pursuits of personal pleasure.

God is not satisfied with you being a witness to his work of grace. He's called you to be an instrument of that grace to others.

We are called to be ambassadors of Christ. To be the look on his face, the touch of his hand, and the tone of his voice.

Success is not about how well I've been able to build my own little kingdom but about the degree to which I've done all I've done in the service of a greater

Principio: Dios nunca te llama a una tarea sin darte lo que necesitas para hacerla. Nunca te envía sin ir contigo.

How often do you see people as obstacles to ministry rather than the objects of it?

What was the mission of Jesus? What is the promise of the bloody cross and the empty tomb? What is the ultimate goal of the reigning King Christ? What is the scope of the work of redemption? What in the world is God working on? What does the final chapter of the grand redemptive story look like?

To speak as Christ's ambassadors, we must understand God's mission and how it offers us practical guidance for the things we face with family, friendships, and the body of Christ. It's Been His Mission from the Beginning

To be part of God's redemptive rescue is not only a high calling but a moral obligation.

This stunning act of humble love resulted not from Jesus's forgetting who he was but from remembering who he was. This was the holy mission of the Son Savior. He had to be willing to enter the lowest human condition, to do the most debased thing, and to let go of his rights of position in order that we might be redeemed. It was a high and holy calling, and it was the only way.

It is the artistic mission to penetrate as far as may be toward that secret ground where primal law feeds growth.

Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.

I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. (Jn 6:38)

True Gospel ministry is not a party, but a battle for souls.