Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Well Said

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
-Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr to Equador

"There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for."
-Elizabeth Elliott

"But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me, the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace."
-Paul (Acts 20:24)

"The believer does not use God's power; rather God's power uses him."
-Kenneth Wuest

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving."
-Amy Carmichael, missionary to India

"The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed."
-Hudson Taylor, missionary to China

"Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love."
-Roland Allen

"Some ask 'What about those who have not heard the gospel and do not know God, will they be spared?' Thus it is more a question whether we- who have the gospel and fail to give it to those who have not- can we be spared?"
-Charles Spurgeon

"Go home to your famimly and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."
-Jesus (Mark 5:19-20)

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