Quotes about Helping

The things we do to serve one another are the things that bind us together.

At times we feel we are being mean if we confront people who have problems, when in reality "tough love" is what Jesus often used to set people free. Although Jesus had compassion for hurting people, He never merely felt sorry for them.

If we are truly listeners and givers, we will try to help others receive what they need and be a blessing to them. But often our problem is that we spend far too much time trying to bless ourselves and not nearly enough time trying to bless someone else. Godly

Our view of human problems determines who is qualified to speak to them. If sin is the primary human problem, then those with the theological and practical expertise in dealing with sin — in its varied and complex forms — should lead the way in the field of people-helping. Unless we have an accurate and robust conception of sin, the church will concede much of its work to outside professional and will be ill-equipped to cooperate with them when needed.

Do not withhold good . . . when it is in your power to do it.

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

No man can help another without helping himself.

There should be less talk. . . . What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.

God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters.

Let's determine to finish well by helping facilitate a lifelong conversation and sense of community between God and the people He has called us to serve.

In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.