Serving Quotes - Page 18

• It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

  Alistair Begg

  Impossible, Serving God

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• With faith . . . we must walk to the edge of the light and into the darkness. As we so walk I testify and promise that the light will move. When I was your age and wondering some of the exact same things that you are now wondering, I never would have imagined that someday [we] would be at Ricks College serving as we are. . . . I know the light moves as we walk in faith to the edge of the light.

  David A. Bednar

  Faith, Moving, College

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• We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light...We all have something to give.

  George H. W. Bush

  Light, Illumination, Giving

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• It seems to me that we spend an inordinate amount of time and attention on fixing ourselves when we could really be directing that out to serving others.

  Eve Ensler

  Attention, Fixing, Serving Others

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• I do not know how to love God except by loving the poor. I do not know how to serve God except by serving the poor.... Here, within this great city of nine million people, we must, in this neighborhood, on this street, in this parish, regain a sense of community which is the basis for peace in the world.

  Dorothy Day

  Cities, People, Community

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• If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work

  Seth Godin

  Falling In Love, Creating Value, People

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• It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

  Randy Alcorn

  Treasure, Gains, Stores

  Randy Alcorn (2003). “The Law of Rewards”, p.67, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Serving God doesn’t mean we’ll no longer have difficulties. We’re still on the battlefield, but we don’t have to fight alone.

  Joyce Meyer

  Mean, Fighting, Difficulty

  Twitter post from Jan 3, 2013

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• But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it's hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.

  Banksy

  Artist, Self, Views

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• One of the greatest rewards that we ever receive for serving God is the permission to do still more for Him.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Rewards, Permission, Serving God

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• Repentance is more than just sorrow for the past; repentance is a change of mind and heart, a new life of denying self and serving the Savior as king in self's place.

  J. I. Packer

  Kings, Heart, Past

  J. I. Packer, Mark Dever (2008). “Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God”, p.79, InterVarsity Press

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• The Lord has a great work for each of us to do. You may wonder how this can be. You may feel that there is nothing special or superior about you or your ability. ... The Lord can do remarkable miracles with a person of ordinary ability who is humble, faithful, and diligent in serving the Lord and seeks to improve himself. This is because God is the ultimate source of power.

  James E. Faust

  Humble, Miracle, Faithful

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• It is only serving God that is doing immortal work; it is only living for Christ that is living at all.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christ, Immortal, Working It

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• If you are worshipping God without depending on the Spirit of God, you are serving a god you do not know.

  T. B. Joshua

  Spirit, Worship God, Knows

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• Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life

  St. Jerome

  Heart, Dying, Doe

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• Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.

  Pope Francis

  Lonely, Humble, Sick

  Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. August 16, 2014.

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• Shakespeare might have met Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the white streets of London, or seen the serving-men of rival houses bite their thumbs at each other in the open square; but Hamlet came out of his soul, and Romeo out of his passion.

  Oscar Wilde

  Passion, Men, White

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1491, Delphi Classics

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• The universe will always remove what is no longer serving you.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Remove, Universe

  Twitter post from Feb 18, 2013

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• If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.

  G. Campbell Morgan

  Opposition, Ifs

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• It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Spiritual, Heart, Soul

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• We will never find joy in church membership when we are constantly seeking things our way. But paradoxically, we will find the greatest joy when we choose to be last. That's what Jesus meant when He said the last will be first. True joy means giving up our rights and preferences and serving everyone else.

  Thom S. Rainer

  Jesus, Giving Up, Mean

  Thom S. Rainer (2013). “I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference”, p.36, B&H Publishing Group

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• Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.

  Erich Fromm

  Respect, Unique, Individuality

  Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.26, A&C Black

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• I was reared in a pub - as a young fellow, serving in the pub I learnt far more there about human nature than I learnt in any university or school. I think it gave me a great insight into people.

  Brian Cowen

  School, Thinking, People

  "Hot Press" Interview, hotpress.com, May 23, 2007.

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• President Obama has reduced the sentences of 22 federal prisoners who were arrested for drug-related crimes - eight of whom were serving life sentences. It marks the first time someone has said 'Thanks Obama' but actually meant it.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Eight, Drug, President

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• So now it turns out that Thomas Jefferson was having sex with Sally Hemings while serving in the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War.

  Ann Coulter

  Sex, War, Vietnam

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