Quotes
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“His great salvation, therefore, is inseparably linked with a rejoicing spirit.” (p20) – AB Simpson A Larger Christian Life, “The Joy of the Lord”
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This is election weekend in Ukraine for a new president. Our eyes and hearts are looking there this weekend. If you have a few minutes, we’d appreciate your thoughts and prayers for the people and nation of Ukraine today and tomorrow! Paul Unguryan spoke about the current situation in an email announcement, “Today, Ukraine is going…
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“We can never thank God enough for not only giving us a whole Gospel to believe but a whole world to give it to.” – A.B. Simpson, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (Sep 23, 1899; CMA Weekly p260-262)
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are…
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – TS Elliot
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“I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China. I don’t know who it was. It must have been a man—a well–educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing. And God looked down… and saw Gladys Aylward. And God said, ‘Well, she’s willing.’” – Gladys Aylward
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“And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives…and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted.” – Nate Saint
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A quote by the trends manager at youtube. He told his young audience, “We all want to be stars, celebrities, singers, comedians.” Not “most of us”, or “some of us”, but “we all.” Of course, to be overly stereotypical, its true. To some degree we all want to be the object of someone else’s attention.…
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“Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.” – Francis Xavier “Answering a student’s question, ‘Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?’ thus, ‘It is more a question with me whether we who have the Gospel and fail to give it to…
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I post this on Canada day. I love Canada day, I love celebrating my country. I am among the world’s top 1%! Wow! Yet I still find it so easy to compare my life with those around me. Nicer homes in newer neighbourhoods, people who vacation to wonderful hotspots, folks that win the lottery… None…
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“Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.” – David Livingstone “Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions” – Leonard Ravenhill “Why do we insist…
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“I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third places and teaching the fourth.” James O. Fraser
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“If you are sick, fast and pray; if the language is hard to learn, fast and pray; if the people will not hear you, fast and pray, if you have nothing to eat, fast and pray.” – Frederick Franson
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“The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.” – William Cameron Townsend
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“I have but one passion – it is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ.” Count Zinzindorf “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s…
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“An autotelic person needs few material possessions and little entertainment, comfort, power, or fame because so much of what he or she does is already rewarding. Because such persons experience flow in work, in family life, when interacting with people, when eating, even when alone with nothing to do, they are less dependent on the external…
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”The church isn’t here for us. We are the church, and we are here for the world. We need to become prophets of the unknown God. We must be the ones who say, ‘We have seen the invisible, we have experienced the unimaginable and we are here to tell you that what you do not…
