Quotes About Mission

But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.

Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ëThis is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.í Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”

So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,

And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;

Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the kingís letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,

The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ëI am only a child.í For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.