Some people need to belong before they believe. Rather than judge people outside the church, we love, serve, and speak life to them, hoping that they will soon embrace the truth of Father’s love.\
Service
Danny MacDonald
So many people are interested in making a point. Isn’t it better to make a difference? Live from the passion to make a difference. It will change your life and quite possibly the life of someone who desperately needs it.
Nate Johnston
So many of you are waiting for someone to call your number and approve you before you jump out, roll out the red carpet, open the door, and give you a platform. I did this for years and all it did was create frustration in me and resentment that no one was seeing what I carried. All the while God was simply asking me to trust His approval and begin to step out daily.
John Maxwell
Once a person embraces responsibility, they become better citizens, better spouses, better community members… they just get better! That’s what all these transformation values do — they lift us to a higher level.
James H Aughey
Do daily and hourly your duty; do it patiently and thoroughly. Do it as it presents itself; do it at the moment, and let it be its own reward. Never mind whether it is known and acknowledged or not, but do not fail to do it.
Jonathan McNeese
Killing Goliath changed David’s life exponentially, but it wasn’t Goliath that came knocking on his door it was his father, telling him to take lunch to his brothers. Sometimes, opportunity looks like your dad telling you to do something boring.
Darlene Cunningham
If people reach for only authority it is not wise to give it to them. If, however, they reach out to accept responsibility, give it to them. And give them the authority required to fulfil the job. True humility is the willingness to be known for who we are, including our weaknesses and strengths.
Timothy Keller
We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need – regardless of race, politics, class, and religion – is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.
Samuel Chadwick
We give ourselves to prayer. We preach a Gospel that saves to the uttermost, and we witness to its power. We do not argue about worldliness; we witness. We do not discuss philosophy; we preach the Gospel. We do not speculate about the destiny of sinners; we pluck them as brands from the burning. We ask no man’s patronage. We beg no man’s money. We fear no man’s frown. Let no man join us who is afraid, and we want none but those who are saved, sanctified, and aflame.
Sean Smith
Jesus will say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant,” not “well said.”