On Mission

As we begin our Fall Focus on Missions, listen to the heart of these mission leaders.  Can you feel their pulse of love for Christ?

• “Expect great things from God.  Attempt great things for God” (William Carey).
• “The Great Commission is not an option to be considered but a command to be obeyed” (J. Hudson Taylor).
• “I never made a sacrifice” (David Livingstone).
• “I have a firm conviction that I am immortal until my work is done” (Lottie Moon).
• “If God has called you to be a missionary, don’t stoop to be a king” (Jordon Groom).
• “Some wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell” (C. T. Studd).
• “One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving” (Amy Carmichael).
• “No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once” (Oswald J. Smith).
• “The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet” (David Livingstone).
• “The light that shines farthest shines brightest at home” (C. T. Studd).
• “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose” (Jim Elliot).
• “There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for” (Elisabeth Elliot).
• “I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light” (John Keith Falconer).