Quotes about Mission

I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do.

I want to dedicate the rest of my life to spreading the love of Christ. Because God has done so much for me and has given me this platform to speak into millions of lives, I feel it is my duty...

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.

He empowers us to be what he calls us to be.

God doesn't call the qualified. He qualifies the called.

God endows us with gifts so we can make him known.

Does Jesus still do it? Does he still use ordinary folks as his witnesses? You bet! The only real question is: Will you witness?

We Christians tend to miss this. We banter about pledges to "change the world," "make a difference for Christ," "lead people to the Lord." Yet these are by-products of the Christ-focused life. Our goal is not to bear fruit. Our goal is to stay attached.

My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

God has a task for you—one He planned very long ago and suited for our present generation. Remember you are not responsible for completing anyone else's task, just yours. God desires for us to encourage one another in our tasks (see Heb. 10:24—25), but we are responsible only for completing our own.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me. John 6:38

Fourteen years lapsed between the time Paul first tried to fit in with the apostles and when he finally received the right hand of fellowship. I'd like to suggest the hand didn't come a moment behind schedule. What use would God have had for Paul if he simply turned out to be another James? Another Peter? Another John? His mission was distinct. And so, Beloved, is yours. God knows what He's doing! Trust Him. God is busy making you someone no one else has ever been.