Quotes about Service
If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.
— Rick Warren
I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.
— Charles Spurgeon
God does not use perfect men; He uses men. And so, when I say that we need to be conformed to the image of Christ, we also need to recognize that God has always used men lacking something somewhere.
— Paul Washer
Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum.
— George Washington Carver
Servants, serve well your masters. For this is right. And in so doing, you do it as to the Lord.
— Janette Oke
The service was delightful. We sensed again the awe of the first Christmas so long ago when God sent His most precious gift, His Son Jesus, into the world to be born of a woman so that someday, as a sacrifice, He could provide salvation for the whole human race.
— Janette Oke
Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.
— Janette Oke
O Lord God," she breathed fervently, "may I be able to serve as you served when you were with us. I will joyfully lend my hands, my heart to the task before me, in your name. Strengthen me to serve. Give wisdom. Supply the means to meet the needs. Make me a blessing to all whom I touch, I pray with thanksgiving.
— Janette Oke
To let go of even life, if need be, and accept his calling.
— Janette Oke
We are speaking about miracles. Peter did not heal Abigail, Linux. The Lord our God performed a miracle of healing through Peter. The apostle allowed himself to be used. He sought to hear when the Lord spoke, and to do his will." Alban glanced at the lad seated by the entrance. "Just as all of us should seek to serve our Lord."
— Janette Oke
Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And NEVER do it for the money, Go to work to spread joy.
— Marianne Williamson
I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it.
— Mother Teresa