Serving God Quotes

Employment wastes the productive time of our lives ~ Sunday Adelaja

Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so. ~ Max Anders

When I stopped viewing girls as potential girlfriends and started treating them as sisters in Christ, I discovered the richness of true friendship. When I stopped worrying about who I was going to marry and began to trust God's timing, I uncovered the incredible potential of serving God as a single. . . .

I believe the time has come for Christians, male and female, to own up to the mess we've left behind in our selfish pursuit of short-term romance. Dating may seem an innocent game, but as I see it, we are sinning against each other. What excuse will we have when God asks us to account for our actions and attitudes in relationships? If God sees a sparrow fall (Matthew 10:29), do you think He could possibly overlook the broken hearts and scarred emotions we cause in relationships based on selfishness?

Everyone around us may be playing the dating game. But at the end of our lives, we won't answer to everyone. We'll answer to God. . . .

Long before Seventeen magazine ever gave teenagers tips on dating, people did things very differently.

At the turn of the twentieth century, a guy and girl became romantically involved only if they planned to marry. If a young man spent time at a girl's home, family and friends assumed that he intended to propose to her. But shifting attitudes in culture and the arrival of the automobile brought radical changes. The new "rules" allowed people to indulge in all the thrills of romantic love without having ~ Joshua Harris

Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life ~ St. Jerome

Never become bitter just because you were rejected by men ~ Sunday Adelaja

Humans are the world's greatest treasure ~ Sunday Adelaja

The vicious circle of life is employment ~ Sunday Adelaja

I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me. ~ Mike Tyson

In the name of Our Lord, Monsieur, do all you can to regain your health and take good care of it so that you can serve God and the poor for a longer time. This moderate care does not preclude the obligation we have of generously risking our lives when the salvation of our neighbor is concerned. ~ Vincent De Paul

The smallest thing by the influence of eternity is made infinite and eternal. We pass through a standing continent or region of ages, that are already ebfore us, glorious and perfect while we come to them. Like men in a ship we pass forward, the shores and marks seeming to go backward, though we move and they stand still. We are not with them in our progressive motion, but prevent the swiftness of our course, and are present with them in our understandings. Like the sun we dart our rays before us, and occupy those spaces with light and contemplation which we move towards, but possess not with our bodies. And seeing all things in the light of Divine knowledge, eternally serving God, rejoice unspeakable in that service, and enjoy it all. ~ Thomas Traherne

God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way. ~ Johannes Tauler

MARCH 1 Envision Your Dreams I counsel you to buy from me ... salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. REVELATION 3:18 DO YOU LOOK UPON your life with eyes of faith? Think of it this way: when we close our eyes, we should see more than we do when we have our eyes open. See your whole family serving God. See yourself rising to new levels of effectiveness. See yourself stronger, healthier, and living a more abundant life. See God using you in ~ Joel Osteen

Rama Nama should come from the heart. In that event, Rama Nama could become an effective remedy against all ailments. A man who believes in Rama Nama would not make a fetish of the body but would regard it as a means of serving God. And for making it into a fit instrument for that purpose, Rama Nama is the sovereign means. To install Rama Nama in the heart requires infinite patience. It might even take ages. But the effort is worthwhile. Rama Nama cannot come from the heart unless one has cultivated the virtues of truth, honesty and purity within and without. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

...If we believe that God wants us happy above all else, rather than acknowledging that our role is to serve God, we wrongly believe that God exists to serve us. God becomes a a means to our end: happiness. ~ Craig Groeschel

The only way to see God is to notice and observe people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Catholic schools carry out a great mission, to serve God by building knowledge and character ... By teaching the word of God, you prepare your students to follow a path of virtue. ~ George W. Bush

You cannot disregard people and hope to see God ~ Sunday Adelaja

We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction. ~ Joshua Harris

Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself ... If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes ... you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart. ~ Saint Francis De Sales

Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. ~ Thomas A Kempis

Life is all about discovery ~ Sunday Adelaja

Serving God should elevate our level of excellence in every part of our lives. ~ Brad Lomenick

Let us live not only to serve God ourselves; let us live to help our children and their children live for God. ~ Dillon Burroughs

There is no love for God without love for man ~ Sunday Adelaja

I did nothing to deserve God's love; in fact, I was living as an orphan, without hope. Yet God chose to pursue a relationship with me, and through the death of his son Jesus, I was adopted into God's family. ~ Steven Curtis Chapman

Your calling should be combined with your passion ~ Sunday Adelaja

Serving God brings us to a place of great honour. Putting people in ministry is helping them to find their calling and their place in the body of Christ. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Every breath drawn by an individual who truly serves God will elicit a responsive chord from the universe around him. ~ Samson Raphael Hirsch

Your time is the life you have at a particular moment ~ Sunday Adelaja

Work to fulfill your calling ~ Sunday Adelaja

Joblessness is a rare privilege ~ Sunday Adelaja

Don't betray the purpose of your creation ~ Sunday Adelaja

Be eager to explore new discoveries ~ Sunday Adelaja

Every occupation has its own honor before God. Ordinary work is a divine vocation or calling. In our daily work no matter how important or mundane we serve God by serving the neighbor and we also participate in God's on-going providence for the human race. ~ Martin Luther

Appreciate and find ways to invest in yourself ~ Sunday Adelaja

You are living to the fullest when you live to discover and fulfill your purpose ~ Sunday Adelaja

Love God, serve God; everything is in that. ~ Clare Of Assisi

Nothing is possible without time ~ Sunday Adelaja

Homeless people bear God's image too. ~ Philip Yancey

Joblessness brings you face to face with destiny ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you pay attention to man, God also reciprocates with His attention ~ Sunday Adelaja

Though I obviously have no proof of this, the one aspect of life that seems clear to me is that good people do whatever they believe is the right thing to do. Being virtuous is hard, not easy. The idea of doing good things simply because you're good seems like a zero-sum game; I'm not even sure those actions would still qualify as 'good,' since they'd merely be a function of normal behavior. Regardless of what kind of god you believe in--a loving god, a vengeful god, a capricious god, a snooty beret-wearing French god, or whatever--one has to assume that you can't be penalized for doing the things you believe to be truly righteous and just. Certainly, this creates some pretty glaring problems: Hitler may have thought he was serving God. Stalin may have thought he was serving God (or something vaguely similar). I'm certain Osama bin Laden was positive he was serving God. It's not hard to fathom that all of those maniacs were certain that what they were doing was right. Meanwhile, I constantly do things that I know are wrong; they're not on the same scale as incinerating Jews or blowing up skyscrapers, but my motivations might be worse. I have looked directly into the eyes of a woman I loved and told her lies for no reason, except that those lies would allow me to continue having sex with another woman I cared about less. This act did not kill 20 million Russian peasants, but it might be more 'diabolical' in a literal sense. If I died and found out I was going to hell and Stali ~ Chuck Klosterman

There is no greater reward in this life than having your family together, loving one another, and serving God. ~ Drenda Keesee

You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, & training them up in God's fear, & minding the house, & making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts. ~ Charles Spurgeon

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did. ~ Muhammad Ali

Religion should lay more emphasis on our relationship with people ~ Sunday Adelaja

All humans are important to God, so treat them all with love ~ Sunday Adelaja

Don't exert all your energy on employment, locate your purpose ~ Sunday Adelaja

It is our responsibility as believers to bring the will of God to the people ~ Sunday Adelaja

The worship of God is in our attitude to people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Life should be used to fulfill the purposes of the Kingdom ~ Sunday Adelaja

Life is supposed to be used in fulfilling our individual purposes of creation ~ Sunday Adelaja

You can only derive pleasure from work when it is in the sphere of your calling ~ Sunday Adelaja

All your solutions are in people, and you can only be free when you love them ~ Sunday Adelaja

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses. ~ Randy Alcorn

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another. ~ Alistair Begg

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God. ~ Leland Ryken

Man is the carrier of God's image ~ Sunday Adelaja

Work is designed to be a means of fulfilling your destiny ~ Sunday Adelaja

Living for your purpose warrants eternal blessings ~ Sunday Adelaja

I'm just waiting for God to tell me what to do, but whatever it is, I want to be doing something like I am doing now-serving God and helping people. ~ Bethany Hamilton

Look for people around you and serve them with love and compassion ~ Sunday Adelaja

Don't waste time on employment, discover yourself today ~ Sunday Adelaja

Employment sells out the future life ~ Sunday Adelaja

A man cannot serve God and Mammon, nor be "temperate and furious" at the same time. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Open your eyes to new opportunities ~ Sunday Adelaja

Purpose is the most important thing worth living for ~ Sunday Adelaja

Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike. ~ Muhammad Ali

We should see our calling as our life's major assignment ~ Sunday Adelaja

In most of the Western world, where Christianity still enjoys a significant amount of privilege, especially when practiced by middle-class, white Christians, Jesus is seen as the heroic figure, the ultimate example of godliness, holiness, mercy, compassion, and justice - as well he should! He is God-made-flesh, after all. However, given that, when we identify with Jesus in the act of foot washing where we take the role of Jesus, all too often we are unconsciously (though sometimes all too consciously) assuming those characteristics onto ourselves. In trying to be Jesus to others, we can assume a posture of spiritual superiority and/or paternalism. The recipients of our service, "the least of these", are then seen as the needy recipients of our goodness. Again, while affirming the value in such acts of humble service, too often miss how such posturing fails to recognize the radical presence of Christ as "the least of these". ~ Jamie Arpin-Ricci

We are all called to promote God's Kingdom on earth ~ Sunday Adelaja

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is trying to serve ~ Thomas Paine

We only perceive God when we receive people ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you begin to serve people, God begins to serve you ~ Sunday Adelaja

We are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God. ~ Francis Chan

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him. ~ John Of The Cross

Be obligated to people only in mutual love ~ Sunday Adelaja

Once sin creeps its way into your life, it's hard to turn around. You can't pull yourself back up on your own, and certainly not while you're surrounded by people who are helping you dig the hole. This is why we all need Christ. We can't do it on our own. I can't do it on my own, and that's why I've devoted my life to serving God, or at least trying to. I need Him. Michael Sweet can't do this alone. And in 1990, I needed God more than ever to help pull me out of the abyss - but in order for that to happen, I needed to make some drastic changes. God will only help you if you're willing to yield to Him and turn your life around. ~ Michael Sweet

The institution of marriage works better when there's a spiritual connection. If you're marrying just for the sake of the woman, then you may lose interest in each other very soon. When we marry in the interest of the Holy Spirit with the intention of serving God and humanity, then it gives a much larger perspective. ~ A.R. Rahman

The God that is nearest to you in the people around you is the real one you need ~ Sunday Adelaja

The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love. ~ John Of The Cross

In Benedictine spirituality, work is what we do to continue what God wanted done ... God goes on creating through us. Consequently a life spent serving God must be a life spent giving to others what we have been given. ~ Joan D. Chittister

No amount of money can compensate losing your purpose ~ Sunday Adelaja

Never disregard people, regardless of their beliefs, because we all carry God's likeness ~ Sunday Adelaja

You cannot reach God until you begin to pay attention to humans ~ Sunday Adelaja

If I take my whole, passionate, spiritual and physical love to the woman who in return loves me, that is how I serve God. And my hymn and my game of joy is my work. ~ D.H. Lawrence

Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin. ~ Mother Teresa

Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by them. It meansputting people ahead of possessions - and seeing material things only as instruments for serving God and the needs of others. ~ James Stenson

Serving God doesn't mean we'll no longer have difficulties. We're still on the battlefield, but we don't have to fight alone. ~ Joyce Meyer

He who does not serve God where he is would not serve God anywhere else. ~ Charles Spurgeon

You disregard God when you disregard His people ~ Sunday Adelaja

We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God's wrath and get God's love. ~ Philip Yancey

Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay. ~ George Foreman

Joblessness makes you live without the fear of being fired ~ Sunday Adelaja

Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ~ Matthew McConaughey

Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those blessings comes the temptation to forget their source. It is easy to begin to feel the blessings were granted not by a loving God on whom we depend but by our own powers. ~ Henry B. Eyring

A life without increase, production and multiplication is a wasted one ~ Sunday Adelaja

The visionary who is serving God ceases to live for personal ambitions, but rather for God's ambitions. ~ George Barna

The content of a man is the life he possesses inside ~ Sunday Adelaja

Reflect and meditate on yourself and discover ways to multiply yourself ~ Sunday Adelaja