Top 100 Quotes About Service For God
#1. The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and oneness with Him.
Oswald Chambers
#2. We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.
Oswald Chambers
#3. Patiently, hopefully, actively we are waiting for Jesus. And yet here is the astonishing twist: As we wait for our Lord and the bodily resurrection yet to come for the departed, the world waits for us. As we long for God, the world is longing for God in us.
Jonathan Martin
#4. We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life.
John Calvin
#5. The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
Corrie Ten Boom
#6. Wherever women are true to their feminine natures and magnify their opportunities for loving service, they are learning to become more like God.
Spencer W. Kimball
#7. Nothing exists in isolation; there is a purpose for everything
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#8. Purpose is the most important thing worth living for
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#9. Power in Service - The carnal man can never be used in spiritual service. There is so much of the self life about him that God cannot gain control. The Spirit-filled life is necessary for fruitful Christian service.
Oswald J. Smith
#11. Life is given for increase and multiplication of the glory of God
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#12. God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it's not necessary for them to be good, it's essential for them to appear good.
Erwin W. Lutzer
#13. God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with making themselves miserable. The idolaters thought it a fit service for Baal to cut and lance themselves; never any holy man looked for thanks from the true God by wronging himself.
Joseph Hall
#14. The compensation we receive from employment is not enough for the time being wasted
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#15. For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the
supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.
Martin Luther
#16. Living for your purpose warrants eternal blessings
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#17. Marriage doesn't put an end to one's ability to serve God and bring him glory. In fact, I've seen many married couples who have done more for God together than was possible as individuals.
Jody Hedlund
#18. I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
Igor Stravinsky
#19. I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.
Saint Ignatius
#20. Almighty God, Who hast created man in Thine own image, and made him a living soul that he might seek after Thee, and have dominion over Thy creatures, teach us to study the works of Thy hands, that we may subdue the earth to our use, and strengthen the reason for Thy service;
James Clerk Maxwell
#21. I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.
David Brainerd
#22. The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.
Eugene H. Peterson
#23. True salvation is wholly a work of God. It is said to be both a finished work and a gift, and, therefore, it lays no obligation upon the saved one to complete it himself, or to make after payments of service for it.
Lewis Sperry Chafer
#24. If by excessive labor we die before reaching the average age of man, worn out in the Master's service, then glory be to God. We shall have so much less of earth and so much more of heaven. It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus.
Charles Spurgeon
#25. You could wait to do something for God, but if He waited to do something for you, you couldn't finish reading this sentence ...
Garrett McCoy
#26. God will open up places of service for you as He sees you are ready. Meanwhile, study the Bible and give yourself a chance to grow.
Warren W. Wiersbe
#28. You are a true representative of the spirituality of our home, India. Ever since I met you for the first time, the link between us has always grown in strength. I want to say how much I value the meaning of that bond, because it is one of true dedication to the service of God.
Vilayat Inayat Khan
#29. I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among my different business, professional and political interests.
Jimmy Carter
#30. The time has come for all ministers to be united in service to God.
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#31. The truth wears longer than all the gods; for it is only in the truth's service, and for love of it, that people have overthrown the gods and at last God himself. "The truth" outlasts the downfall of the world of gods, for it is the immortal soul of this transitory world of gods; it is Deity itself.
Max Stirner
#32. I am reassured to know that the straightness of my grain is not a precondition of usefulness to God. And I am humbled to see that out of the twistedness of my wounds, he designs for me a special place of service.
Robert D. Lupton
#33. Relying on the atonement which Christ has made, and desiring to be saved in no other way, I commit myself into Thy hands, O God, my Father! Take me, and do with me as Thou seest to be for Thy glory. I consecrate myself forever to Thy service, and trust for acceptance in the merits of Thy Son.
Samuel I. Prime
#34. This isn't a very popular idea in the American church, where we separate our love for God from our service to God. We say we love God most, but it's a vague statement that yields little action.
Francis Chan
#35. The passage from the realm of morals into the realm of religion is but a step; for the energy that we have found so persistent in the soul of man, urging him to purity, and service, and perfect love, is the same energy which, outside and above the soul of man, we name God.
Frank C. Lockwood
#36. For years, the church has emphasized evangelism, teaching, fellowship, missions, and service to society to the neglect of the very source of its power
worship.
Robert E. Webber
#37. God opens heavenly doors for us when we are rejected by people
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#38. I have fun. I enjoy my life. And I was hardwired for a deep connection between service, God, and happiness. You kind of need all of those things to be in play for one to have the others.
Will Smith
#39. Our studies consistently show a large majority of people leave their church's service without feeling as though they have connected with God. If those who regularly attend depart with such disappointment and confusion, what must it be like for those who are new to the church adventure?
George Barna
#40. If our prayer is "Dear God, please use me to be of service," then that is what we will be. And it is not for us to judge either the size or value of our gifts. Our job is to try to get out of the way, to defer to the spirit moving within us and become open channels for the flow of God's love.
Marianne Williamson
#41. Most of us will find that we were born for service. We must leave the results to God. If failure comes, there need be no sorrow. The work was done only for God. - Swami Vivekananda
Sister Nivedita
#42. Believers in Christ owe nothing to God in payment for salvation ... but they do owe God a life of undivided devotion and service.
Billy Graham
#43. Reconsider your life and see how you can make things work for yourself
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#44. I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.
Ronald Reagan
#45. Look for people around you and serve them with love and compassion
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#46. And how can one be a slave and not a slave? When he does all for God: when he feigns nothing, and does nothing out of eye-service towards men: that is how one who is a slave to men can be free.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
#47. I will frankly confess that I was convinced that God had ordained me to do certain things for the service of my nation, things that perhaps could not be done by anyone else. In whatever I have done and whatever I do in the future, I consider myself as an agent of the will of God.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
#48. Seeking God? We have totally revised corporate worship services to be sensitive to "seekers." If worship were to be tailored for seekers, it would be directed exclusively to believers, for no one except believers ever seeks God (Rom. 3:9-12).
R.C. Sproul
#49. I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.
Mahatma Gandhi
#50. Some praise the Lord for Light,
The living spark;
I thank God for the Night
The healing dark.
Robert W. Service
#51. I am endeavouring to see God through service of humanity; for I know that God is neither in heaven, nor down below, but in everyone.
Mahatma Gandhi
#52. The proof of your love for God is seen in your service to men
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#53. Every day, you are to offer your life to God for His service. You do not serve Him in your spare time or with your leftover resources. The way you live your life for God is your offering to Him.
Richard Blackaby
#54. I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altigether devoted to Him. i want to wear out my life in His service, and for His Glory!!
David Brainerd
#55. The Bible teaches that we have a Christian duty to help our neighbors in their time of need. We are called by God to bring the water of life for both soul and body. God created them both, and His purpose is to redeem them both.
Billy Graham
#56. Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest.
Saint Ignatius
#57. I believe that the sphere of service, your career, the plan which God has mapped out for you and prepared for you, is the greatest agency in His hands to conform You to His character and to His will.
Alan Redpath
#58. I've got this." Apollo stepped forward. His fiery armor was so bright it was hard to look at, and his matching Ray-Bans and perfect smile made him look like a male model for battle gear. "God of medicine, at your service.
Rick Riordan
#59. Living for your purpose is equivalent to living for the Kingdom of God
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#60. God has created me to do some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work.
John Henry Newman
#61. God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.
John Wesley
#62. I implicitly believe in the truth of the saying that not a blade of grass moves but by His will. He will save it (my life) if He needs it for further service in this body. None can save it against His will.
Mahatma Gandhi
#63. In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.
Radhanath Swami
#64. Preaching the gospel without the Holy Spirit is to miss the entire point of the command of Jesus Christ for our era. In the area of "Christian activities" or "Christian service," how we are doing it is at least as important as what we are doing.
Francis Schaeffer
#65. It is a mistake to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is also a bond of service. It is the most ancient form of that social ministration which God has ordained for all human beings, and which is symbolized by all the relations of nature.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
#66. To an unbelieving person nothing renders service or work for good. He himself is in servitude to all things, and all things turned out for evil to him, because he uses all things in impious way for his own advantage, and not for the glory of God.
Martin Luther
#68. Single-minded and joyous devotion to God and his will, to what God wants for us-and to service to him and to others because of him-is what the will transformed into Christliheness looks like.
Dallas Willard
#69. Let us serve the world soulfully. The pay we will receive for our service will be in the currency of gratitude, God's gratitude, God the only gratitude.
Sri Chinmoy
#70. To live more for God and others one must die more to self and sin.
Orrin Woodward
#71. There is a difference between going to a service "for the worship" and going to a service "to worship the Lord." The distinction appears to be a minor one, but it may imply the difference between the worship of God and the worship of music!
Sinclair B. Ferguson
#72. The Protestants of old go to work not just for the money, their biggest motivation for work is service to God and man. Not the interest to gain profit or make money.
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#73. Asked why we should strive to know God, my answer would be selfish: I want to be a creator. This is the ultimate promise of spirituality, that you can become the author of your own existence, the maker of personal destiny. Your brain is already performing this service for you unconsciously.
Deepak Chopra
#74. You become a candidate for God's love when you are rejected by people
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#75. Has what you do for God become more important to you than the Lord Himself?
Colin S. Smith
#76. In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter. Make no conditions and none will be imposed on you. Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us.
Swami Vivekananda
#77. The "called" get so puffed up with how important they think their service is to God's success, they assume God will compensate for their lack of parenting skills. A short study in sociological history will reveal this isn't true, never has been true, and likely never will be true of God.
Linda Rios Brook
#78. Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the Kingdom.
Mary Slessor
#79. Empathy is a quality today that we need more than ever. Throughout his life Jesus showed empathy and care for others on a level never seen before. From him we learn that Gods ways of service to others before obsession with self is the path he wants us to walk on and deep down we know it.
Tim Crawshaw
#80. The Spirit's fullness is not the reward of our faithfulness, but God's gift for our defeat. He was not given to the disciples in Acts 28 as the culmination and reward of their wonderful service, but in Acts 2 when they had proved themselves cowards, meeting behind closed doors.
Roy Hession
#81. Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.
Thomas S. Monson
#82. The Creator never singles out an individual for an important service to mankind without first testing him, through struggle, in proportion to the nature of the service he is to render.
Napoleon Hill
#84. Culture is any and all human effort and labor expended upon the cosmos, to unearth its treasures and its riches and bring them into the service of man for the enrichment of human existence unto the glory of God.
Henry R. Van Til
#85. An angel is a spiritual being, created by god without a body, for the service of Christendom.
Martin Luther
#86. As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
Ignatius Of Loyola
#87. I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.
William Carey
#89. My service to humanity
Is my real opportunity
To prove my genuine love
For God and God alone.
Sri Chinmoy
#90. When children's children shall talk of War as a madness that may not be; When we thank our God for our grief today, and blazon from sea to sea In the name of the Dead the banner of Peace ... that will be Victory.
Robert W. Service
#91. It is one thing to follow God's way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God requires becoming a 'doormat' under other people's feet.
Oswald Chambers
#92. No enthusiasm will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His worker, only one thing will, and that is a personal relationship to Himself which has gone through the mill of His spring-cleaning until there is only one purpose left
I am here for God to send me where He will.
Oswald Chambers
#93. Pope Urban II convened a council in France, where he made a rousing speech urging the faithful to pick up swords in the service of God, promising his holy warriors an automatic pardon for their sins and a guaranteed place in Heaven.
Cyrus Shahrad
#94. If you want to find what God put you here to do, ask yourself three questions. First question: What comes easy to you but harder to other people? The second question is: What would you do for years and never have to get paid for it? Third, ask yourself: How can you be of service?
Farrah Gray
#95. perfect Christian characters, seeking by diligent study and earnest prayer to gain the training essential for acceptable service in the cause of God.
Ellen G. White
#97. Satan's power is ministerial, appointed by God for the service and benefit of the saints. It
William Gurnall
#98. They would expect him to be afraid; for his service pursued traitors as the eye of God followed Cain across the desert.
John Le Carre
#99. One of Satan's most effective ways of blocking God's work is to convince us God can't use us to make an impact for Christ. But it isn't true. All around you are people no one else will ever be able to reach with the Gospel.
Billy Graham
#100. Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
David
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