“Personal attachment to the Lord Jesus and to His perspective is the one thing that must not be overlooked. In missionary work the great danger is that God’s call will be replaced by the needs of people, to the point that human sympathy for those needs will absolutely overwhelm the meaning of being sent by Jesus.”
“Jesus Christ did not say, “Go and save souls” (the salvation of souls is the supernatural work of God), but He said, “Go…make disciples of all the nations…” Yet you cannot make disciples unless you a disciple yourself.”
“The missionary’s great essential is remaining true to the call of God, and realizing that his one and only purpose is to disciple men and women to Jesus. Remember that there is a passion for souls that does not come from God, but from our desire to make converts to our point of view.”
“The challenge of the missionary does not come from the fact that people are difficult to bring to salvation, that backsliders are difficult to reclaim, or that there is a barrier of callous indifference. No, the challenge comes from the perspective of the missionary’s own personal relationship with Jesus Christ—“Do you believe that I am able to do this? (Mt. 9:28).” Oswald Chambers
“The Jewish law begins with worship, with the love of God, because if it’s true that we’re made in God’s image we will find our fullest meaning, our true selves, the more we learn to love and worship the one we are designed to reflect. No half measures: heart, soul, mind and strength—that is, every aspect of human life—is to be poured out in worship of the one true God. Whatever we do, we are to for him. If we truly lived like that for a single day, God’s kingdom would have come on earth as it is in heaven. And—this is the point—Jesus seems to think that through his kingdom—work this commandment is now within our reach.” (NT Wright, from Mark, 170)
Proverbs 28:1: “The wicked flees when no one pursues, the righteous are as bold as a lion.”
Proverbs 28:23: “He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.”
