Quotes about Service
Work is only an instrument in the hand of God for the purification of Christians from all self-centeredness and self-seeking. The work of the world can be done only where a person forgets himself, where he loses himself in a cause...
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Since I as a Christian cannot live without the church, since I owe my life to the church and now belong to it, so my merits are now no longer my own, but belong to the church.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Get down off 'at cross; Somebody needs the wood!
— Dolly Parton
The real purpose in living was in giving every part of his life to Christ.
— Don Piper
I've learned that if I stay busy, especially by helping others, I don't think about my pain. In an odd way, my pain is its own therapy. I intend to go on until I can't go anymore.
— Don Piper
We are not here to loll and frolic but to bring in a harvest for God.
— Don Richardson
The goal in Pietism was the service of God in ministry to the world.
— Donald Bloesch
Truly spiritual people live not unto themselves, not for their own glory and happiness, but for the glory of God alone (soli Deogloria).
— Donald Bloesch
True spirituality is not trying to make ourselves spiritual through faith, but it is living out our faith in service to God and neighbor.
— Donald Bloesch
Our ultimate aim in life is not to be healthy, wealthy, prosperous, or problem free. Our ultimate aim in life is to bring glory to God.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
— Marcus Aurelius