Monday, August 31, 2009

Quotes and Questions


If you take missions out of the Bible
there will be nothing left but the covers
Nina Gunter



Quotes and Question to Consider:

S. The measure of life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
~Corrie Ten Boom
Q. What donation have I made today?



S.
You can give with out loving. But you cannot love without giving.
~Amy Carmichael
Q. How is my love walk?


S. Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but how much of God's money will I keep for myself.
~ John Wesley
Q. Am I one of those people who never contribute anything into the lives of others, while criticizing ministers who are making deposits (spiritually, financially, physically, mentally) into the lives of others every day?


S.
What's your dream and to what corner of the missions world will it take you?
~ Eleanor Roat
Q. Do I have a dream? What is it? How will it help others as it carries me?


S.
The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.
God had only one Son and He made that Son a missionary.
~ David Livingston
Q. Am I involved in a church that supports, raises up and sends missionaries?


S. God's Word done in God's way will never lack God's Supply.
Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.
~ Hudson Taylor
Q. Am I doing the will of God or simple going broke trying to do my own thing?



S.
What is my task? First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ. To be empty of self and be filled with Himself. To be filled with the Holy Spirit; to be led by the Holy Spirit.

We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden, divine love, studded with gems of sacrifice and adoration, or a thorny crown, filled with the cruel briars of unbelief, or selfishness, and sin . . .”
~ Amiee Simple Mcpherson
Q. Is pleasing God my task? Have I emptied myself, allowed the Holy Spirit to fill and lead me into faith and love and away from sin, selfishness and unbelief?



S. If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again.

I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step into the pool.”


[That little man in black says] woman can't have as much rights as man because Christ wasn't a woman. Where did your Christ come from? . . . From God and a woman. Man has nothing to do with him.

~Sojourner Truth
Q. Am I prejudice? Do I have a problem with the opposite sex or do I see male and female as God sees them, both his wonderful handiwork? Am I sitting by complaining about being who I am, or am I doing something from the stand point of "I AM" ?

S. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Q. Have I became complacent in life, by allowing others to make me feel inferior?