Quotes about Servants
How much more properly did the apostles call themselves servants of the present Christ and not vicars of an absent Christ.
— Martin Luther
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
— 2 Samuel 12:18
For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
— Leviticus 25:55
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
— 2 Corinthians 11:23
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
— Genesis 44:19
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
— Luke 1:2
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
— 2 Kings 10:23
Love for the Lord, love for His servants the missionaries. Missionary work is a work of love and trust, and it has to be done on that basis.
— Gordon Hinckley
God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way.
— Johannes Tauler
The Lord looks on his servants with pity and not with blame. In God's sight we do not fall; in our sight, we do not stand. Both of these are true, but the deeper insight belongs to God.
— Julian of Norwich
He demands absolute righteousness from His servants, because He has put into them the very nature of God.
— Oswald Chambers
[The Prayer of Mary] My Faithful Lord and Master, I boldly request that You speak to these dear servants of Yours. Ask big things of them. Make them uncomfortable. Stretch them in ways that they have no idea You can. And give them the will, the heart, and the faith to say a wholehearted yes to You whenever You ask. May their obedience change not only them, but the world. Amen.
— John Maxwell