Missionary Quotes - Page 12

• After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  People, Parent

  "Motherhood is so sentimentalised in our culture". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.

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• I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

  Josh Turner

  Song, Real, Hymns

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• Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God.

  David Bosch

  Missions, Participation, Activity

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• I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition.

  Deborah Cox

  People, Vision, Dying

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• The Book of Mormon was written for us today. God is the author of the book. It is a record of a fallen people, compiled by inspired men for our blessing today. Those people never had the book. It was meant for us.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Book, Blessing, Men

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• I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel that it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third place, and teaching the fourth.

  James O. Fraser

  Christian, Teacher, Prayer

  "Behind the Ranges: The Life-changing Story of J.O. Fraser" by Geraldine Taylor, Singapore: OMF International (IHQ) Ltd., (p. 269), 1998.

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• It is just as proper, maybe even more so, to say Christ's global cause has a Church as to say Christ's Church has a global cause.

  David Bryant

  Church, Causes, Christianity

  David Bryant (1984). “In the gap: what it means to be a world Christian”

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• I tell you, brethren, if mercies and if judgments do not convert you, God has no other arrows in His quiver.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Arrows, Judgment, Christianity

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• Missions: The Word of God from the heart of God to the heart of man through a consecrated, dedicated, and pure vessel.

  Nick Frost

  Heart, Men, Missions

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• Anywhere, provided it be forward-- farther still farther into the night.

  David Livingstone

  Night, Stills

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• There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Spiritual, Strong, Mistake

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• There are few things in life that bring as much joy as the joy that comes from assisting another improve his or her life. That joy is increased when those efforts help someone understand the teachings of the Savior and that person decides to obey them, is converted, and joins His Church.

  Richard G. Scott

  Teaching, Things In Life, Effort

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• Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands.

  Hugh Nibley

  Book, Angel, Errands

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• Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character.

  ElRay L. Christiansen

  Real, Character, Tests

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• With the increase of missionary work throughout the world, there must be a comparable increase in the effort to make every convert feel at home in his or her ward or branch. . . . I invite every member to reach out in friendship and love for those who come into the Church as converts.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Home, Effort, Love And Friendship

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• We will never have more affection or passion for God than we understand He has for us. We will never be more committed to God than our understanding of His commitment to us.

  Mike Bickle

  Passion, Commitment, Understanding

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• Lord, bring honor to thy Son at my expense, whatever the cost, and send me the bill. It is my reasonable service - He paid mine.

  Carl Baugh

  Son, Honor, Cost

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• All progression in spiritual things is dependent upon the attainment of humility.

  Bruce R. McConkie

  Spiritual, Humility, Progression

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• Impossible mountains are climbed by those who have the self confidence that comes from truly being loved.

  H. Burke Peterson

  Self Confidence, Mountain, Impossible

  H. Burke Peterson (1986). “A glimpse of glory”, Bookcraft, Incorporated

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• The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Imperfection, Judgemental

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• The ten days we passed there [at Ta Chêng Tzu], we were the song of the drunkard and the jest of the abjects; but the peace of God passes all understanding, and that kept my heart and mind. We put a calm front on, put out our stand daily, and carried ourselves as if nothing had happened. The great thought of my mind in these days, - and the great object of my life, - is to be like Christ. As He was in the world, so we are to be. He was in the world to manifest God; we are in the world to manifest Christ.

  James Gilmour

  Song, Heart, Understanding

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• All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.

  David Livingstone

  Blessing, Heaven, Solitude

  David Livingstone (1940). “Some letters from Livingstone: 1840-1872”

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• If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary.

  G. Campbell Morgan

  Spiritual, Church, Ifs

  G. Campbell Morgan (2012). “The Acts of The Apostles”, p.254, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• This day last year Livingstone died-a Scotsman and a Christian, loving God and his neighbour in the heart of Africa. Go thou and do likewise!

  Alexander Murdoch Mackay

  Christian, Heart, Years

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• Twenty-five years old this day. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul,' for all His goodness. Man is immortal till his work is done. Use me in Thy service alone, blessed Saviour.

  Alexander Murdoch Mackay

  Blessed, Men, Years

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