Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God. — David Jeremiah
The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. It is the key to the whole mission problem. All human means are secondary. — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment. — Amy Carmichael
Mission is both the announcement and the demonstration of the reign of God through Christ. — Michael Frost
Pursuing prayer is prayer on a mission. It is diligent, fervent, constant, persevering, determined, and convinced. — David Bryant
If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity. — William Carey
Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church. — Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. — Ambrose
Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. — David Bosch
Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need. — Wesley L Duewel
Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality. — Pope Francis
Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest. — Thomas Hooker
Short Missions And Prayer Quotes
Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God — Mother Teresa
Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God. — Martin Luther
Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness. — William Carey
An apostolic missionary must have both heart and tongue ablaze with charity. — Anthony Mary Claret
Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart. — Maximilian Kolbe
The mission of your life should be to leave a better world behind than what you inherited.
Prayer And Missions Quotes
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? — David Livingstone
One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. — John Piper
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. — Hudson Taylor
Christ alone can save the world, but Christ cannot save the world alone. — David Livingstone
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions. — John Wesley
You have one business on earth – to save souls. — John Wesley
One Way: Jesus! One Job: Evangelism! — T.L. Osborn
The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet. — David Livingstone
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
To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. — William Carey
Missionary Prayer Quotes
This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth! — Keith Green
When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone. — Hudson Taylor
Go straight for souls, and go for the worst. — William Booth
If the only prayer you ever say is "thank you", that will be enough.
The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become. — Henry Martyn
I feel now, that Arabia could easily be evangelized within the next thirty years if it were not for the wicked selfishness of Christians. — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
If you don't have a definite call to stay here, you are called to go. — Keith Green
Sometimes, you just have to bow your head, say a prayer, and weather the storm.
Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself? — John Wesley
If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. — Charles Studd
All the resources of the Godhead are at our disposal! — Jonathan Goforth
Answering a student's question, 'Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?' thus, 'It is more a question with me whether we, who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not, can be saved. — Charles Spurgeon
The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others. — Neal A. Maxwell
God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. — Hudson Taylor
Prayer is when you talk to god, meditation is when god talks to you.
The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. — Benjamin Rush
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations — Oswald Chambers
I don't know how your theology works, but if Jesus has a choice between stained glass windows and feeding starving kids in Haiti, I have a feeling he'd choose the starving kids in Haiti. — Tony Campolo
Surround yourself with those on the same mission as you
I am not tired of my work, neither am I tired of the world; yet, when Christ calls me home, I shall go with gladness. — Adoniram Judson
Sometimes I feel... that my cross is heavy beyond endurance... My heart seems worn out and bruised beyond repair, and in my deep loneliness I often wish to be gone, but God knows best, and I want to do every ounce of work He wants me to do. — Charles Studd
I realized that my life was to be one of simple, childlike faith, and that my part was to trust, not to do. I was to trust in Him and He would work in me to do His good pleasure. From that time my life was different. — Charles Studd
How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a corner while they do the work themselves. — Charles Studd
Missionary Life Quotes
People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. — David Livingstone
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor
Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give. — David Livingstone
Prayer is the key to heaven but faith unlocks the door.
Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly. — Joseph Murphy
Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist. — Oswald J. Smith
I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ — David Brainerd
God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is no.
We talk of the second coming, half the world has never heard of the first. — Oswald J. Smith
The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.' — Adoniram Judson
The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time. — Carl F. H. Henry
A missional theology...appl ies to the whole of life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God, and every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture. — Alan Hirsch
Missional Church Quotes
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose. — C. S. Lewis
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. — John Piper
The church that does not evangelize will fossilize. — Oswald J. Smith
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished If you're alive it isn't.
It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization of the world, as it is for those who stand in the most prominent positions. — John Mott
Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity. — Alan Hirsch
No local church can afford to go without the encouragement and nourishment that will come to it by sending away its best people. — David Penman
If the only prayer you said was "Thank you", that would be enough.
The Church must send or the church will end. — Mendell Taylor
I spent twenty years of my life trying to recruit people out of local churches and into missions structures so that they could be involved in fulfilling God's global mission. Now I have another idea. Let's take God's global mission and put it right in the middle of the local church! — George H. Miley
God is a God of motion, of movement, and of mission... Mission is not an activity of the church but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God, Jesus is a missionary Messiah, and the Spirit is a missionary Spirit. Missions is the family business. — Leonard Sweet
I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field. — John Wesley
Prayer And Worship Quotes
Prayer is a walk with God....We can minister to the Lord as a group but I'll tell you one thing about it, you'll never have that intimacy of ministering to the Lord and worshiping Him with a group that you'll have in your own individual life. — Kenneth E. Hagin
For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs. Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things! — Andrew Murray
What you cannot achieve with your efforts, you can achieve with prayer.
A worshipper perceives that he is near to God because he is awake all night worshipping God. But after worship, your prayers are for health, long life, wealth, and for the damsels and slaves of the Paradise. Ponder! Did you ever pray to God, 'O' God, I desire from Thee nothing but Thee'? — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. — J. C. Ryle
If Bible Christianity is to survive the present world upheaval, we shall need to have a fresh revelation of the greatness and the beauty of Jesus.... He alone can raise our cold hearts to rapture and restore again the art of true worship. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Prayer is the key of the morning and bolt of the evening.
I pray every single moment of my life; not on my knees but with my work. My prayer is to lift women to equality with men. Work and worship are one with me. — Susan B. Anthony
If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres; but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw. — Plutarch
In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present. — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Puja (worship) is offering to God, prathana (prayer) is demanding from God. When we pray by offering all our karma and even ourselves to God, the prayer fruitifies. — Mahesh Babu
Prayer Is Powerful Quotes
No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes. — Martin Luther
Prayer is powerful! It fills the earth with mercy, it makes the Divine clemency pass from generation to generation; right along the course of the centuries wonderful works have been achieved through prayer. — Frances Xavier Cabrini
They who pray with faith have fervour and fervour is the fire of prayer. This mysterious fire has the power of consuming all our faults and imperfections, and of giving to our actions, vitality, beauty and merit. — Frances Xavier Cabrini
The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer. — F.B. Meyer
Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered. Dr. Joseph Murphy — Joseph Murphy
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you. — Diogenes
We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg or plead; we need to exercise the authority He has given us and receive His blessings. — Andrew Wommack
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul. — Franklin Graham
Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help. — Thomas Keating
Need Prayer Quotes
Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child's conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs. — Billy Graham
Real prayer is communion with God, so that there will be common thoughts between His mind and ours. What is needed is for Him to fill our hearts with His thoughts, and then His desires will become our desires flowing back to Him. — Arthur W. Pink
Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life. — Saint John Chrysostom
Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer. Prayer will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. Prayer will stem the tide of evil. — Chuck Smith
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him. — Ravi Zacharias
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. — Teresa of Avila
You are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer, counseling him with words, and assisting him both spiritually and temporally, according to the need in which he may be, at least with your goodwill if you have nothing else. — St. Catherine of Siena
You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers. — Mother Teresa
Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day. — Wayne Dyer
Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, 'Well, isn't that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I'll figure out what we're going to do about your stuff. — Anne Lamott
Christian Mission Quotes
Here am I, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage lost of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort on earth; send me even to death itself, if it be but in your service, and to promote your kingdom — David Brainerd
If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go — A. A. Allen
We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God. — John Stott
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me. — Hudson Taylor
The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian. — Amy Carmichael
As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end! — David Brainerd
The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner. — William Cameron Townsend
The Indian is making an amazing discovery, namely that Christianity and Jesus are not the same - that they may have Jesus without the system that has been built up around Him in the West. — E. Stanley Jones
No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once. — Oswald J. Smith
God's part is to put forth power; our part is to put forth faith. — Andrew Bonar
Missionary Service Quotes
I am a missionary, heart and soul. God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. I am a poor, poor imitation of Him, or wish to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die! — David Livingstone
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. — J. Oswald Sanders
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. — Roland Allen
It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service. — David Livingstone
In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die! — David Livingstone
If you are sure that He is calling and you can be sure that He will also remove the barriers that would preclude your service, in His perfect timing. Rest in that. — David Sills
Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. — L. Tom Perry
Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character. — ElRay L. Christiansen
Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity. — Thomas S. Monson
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused. — Charles Spurgeon
All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them. — Hudson Taylor
While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to the very end! — William Booth
This is strength; this is peace; to feel, in entering on every day, that all its duties and trials have been committed to the Lord Jesus - that, come what may, He will use us for His own glory and our real good! — John Gibson Paton
If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small. — Pat Morley
I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond! — Isobel Miller Kuhn
Our God of Grace often gives us a second chance, but there is no second chance to harvest a ripe crop. — Kurt von Schleicher
The will of God - nothing less, nothing more, nothing else. — F. E. Marsh
The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray. — S. D Gordon
If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the covers. — Nina Gunter
We are debtors to every man to give him the gospel in the same measure in which we have received it. — Phineas F. Bresee
If God's love is for anybody anywhere, it's for everybody everywhere. — Edward Lawlor
'Go ye' is as much a part of Christ's Gospel as 'Come unto Me.' — Stuart Holden
The Great Commission is the Great Adventure of Christianity. — Ron Luce
Pray for great things, expect great things, work for great things, but above all pray. — R. A. Torrey
Give me the Love that leads the way The Faith that nothing can dismay The Hope no disappointments tire The Passion that'll burn like fire Let me not sink to be a clod Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God — Amy Carmichael
The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the days when Robert Morrison landed in China to the martyrdom of John and Betty Stam, prayer has been the source of power and the secret of spiritual triumph. — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Why should anyone hear the Gospel twice, before everyone has heard it once? — Oswald J. Smith
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