Missionary Quotes

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  We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

  John Stott

  Christian, Vision, Ministry

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  Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

  William Carey

  Christian, Spiritual, Religion

  "The Missionary Herald". The Baptist Magazine, Volume 35, January 1843.

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• Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.

  John Piper

  Christian, Goal, Church

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.35, Baker Academic

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  Christ not only died for all: He died for each.

  Billy Graham

  Christ, Missions, Died

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• You have one business on earth – to save souls.

  John Wesley

  Soul, Earth, Missions

  John Wesley (1986). “The Bicentennial edition of the works: Sermons III”

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• If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Kings, Christianity, Fit

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• God uses people. God uses people to perform His work. He does not send angels. Angels weep over it, but God does not use angels to accomplish His purposes. He uses burdened broken-hearted weeping men and women.

  David Wilkerson

  Angel, Men, People

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• God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.

  David Livingstone

  God, Religious, Heart

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• Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  God, Giving, Christian Inspirational

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• Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Christian Missionary, Imposter

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• The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

  Hudson Taylor

  Wisdom, Christian Inspirational, Religion

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• Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.

  Roland Allen

  Missionary Zeal, Christian Inspirational, Intellectual

  Roland Allen, David M. Paton (2012). “The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen”, p.35, The Lutterworth Press

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• It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization of the world, as it is for those who stand in the most prominent positions.

  John Mott

  Christian, Prayer, Heart

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• To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.

  William Carey

  Christian Inspirational, Needs, Maps

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• You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

  William Wilberforce

  Inspirational, Peace, Abolition Of Slavery

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• It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Church, World, Missions

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• Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.

  A. B. Simpson

  Christian, Prayer, Moving

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• I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• Today, 112 years later, 94% of the people in the world recognize the Coca-Cola logo and product. In 112 years, we can reach the world for profit's sake, but we cannot do it for the glory of God in 2,000 years.

  David Sills

  Years, People, World

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• Where the plow does not go and the seed is not sown, the weeds are sure to multiply.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Weed, Doe, Seeds

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.

  Carl F. H. Henry

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Why wait for a call when you have a command?

  Robert Hughes

  Waiting, Command

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• God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.

  David Livingstone

  Son, Missions, Great Missionary

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• Do we claim to believe in God? He's a missionary God. You tell me you're committed to Christ. He's a missionary Christ. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? He's a missionary Spirit. Do you belong to the church? It's a missionary society. And do you hope to go to heaven when you die? It's a heaven into which the fruits of world mission have been and will be gathered.

  John Stott

  Believe, Heaven, Church

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• We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.

  Wesley L Duewel

  Prayer, Our World, People

  Wesley L. Duewel (1986). “Touch the World Through Prayer”, p.13, Zondervan

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