Quotes about Dedication

If we are to be pure and holy, we must first commit ourselves—mind, body, and spirit—completely to Christ. We can't hold back any area of our life from Him.

It is not just becoming a Christian; it is also being a Christian all the time, 24 hours a day.

We relegate God to our spare time—but end up never having any spare time! Jesus said, "Seek first his kingdom" [Matthew 6:33 NIV].

Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.

My wife is a great student of the Bible. Her life is ruled by the Bible more than any person I've ever known. That's her rule book, her compass.

The greatest need in the world today is for fully committed Christians.

God can do more with a few days of your time if given completely to Him, than He can with a whole life characterized by a half-hearted service.

We have made Christianity too easy.

Becoming "new" in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn't the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

Much of the world believes little or nothing. People are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, emptiness, and meaninglessness have gripped much of the world—and even the church... By contrast, our Pilgrim forebears stand as shining examples of men who were narrow but deep, certain of what they believed, unswerving in their loyalty, and passionately dedicated to the God they trusted, and for whom they would willingly have died.

Is it not arrogance or narrow-mindedness to claim that there is only one way of salvation or that the way we follow is the right way? I think not. After all, do we fault a pilot for being narrow-minded when he follows the instrument panel [while] landing in a rainstorm? No, we want him to remain narrowly focused!

Every Christian should become an ambassador of Christ . . .every Christian should be so intoxicated with Christ and so filled with holy fervor that nothing could ever quench his [passion]… Let us capture some of the magnificent obsession that [the] early Christians had!