Quotes about Service
God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. -The Circle Maker-
- Mark Batterson
Now here is what you need to understand: If you don't turn your adversity into a ministry, then your pain remains your pain. But if you allow God to translate your adversity into a ministry, then your pain becomes someone else's gain.
- Mark Batterson
You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you. Wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who indwells you has something He wants to do through you where you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.
- Mark Batterson
The issue is never, "Are you qualified?" The issue is always, "Are you called?
- Mark Batterson
You cannot be the hands and feet of Jesus if you're sitting on your butt.
- Mark Batterson
When everything is said and done, God isn't going to say, "Well said," "Well thought," or "Well planned." There is one measuring stick: "Well done, good and faithful servant!"5
- Mark Batterson
We need to study the Word of God diligently. But we don't need to know more. We need to do more with what we know. At the end of the day, God will not say, "Well thought, Intellectual," or "Well said, Orator." There is only one commendation: "Well done, good and faithful servant!
- Mark Batterson
Going all in is following in the footsteps of Jesus wherever they may lead us
- Mark Batterson
All of us want to do amazing things for God, but that isn't our job; it is God's job.
- Mark Batterson
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
- Mark Batterson
It's not about doing great things for God; it's about God doing great things in us.
- Mark Batterson
But if you allow God to translate your adversity into a ministry, then your pain becomes someone else's gain.
- Mark Batterson