I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly.
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.
By the time I was 10 or 11, I was completely demoralized. I thought, "I'm done. I'm never going to be a missionary," because my indiscretion column, whether it was little lies or stealing a Chunky bar, kept me from sainthood.
We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
God's work is not man working for God; it is God's own work, though often wrought through man's hands.
The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money.
Why wait for a call when you have a command?
Testimony bearing is the key to missionary work
Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything - whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks.
Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer.
I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to bring the gospel to all the world.
There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.
God help us if we cannot sacrifice our percentages and our programs when He has called us to sacrifice our lives.
There is only one Church, and the responsibility for missionary work is universal. 'Every member a missionary. '
It's better to obey God rather than men.
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
A missionary should never permit himself to see a movie or (read) cheap literature, or hear music that tends to interfere with or which dampens the spirit of missionary work. There is ample evidence that rock music is offensive to the Spirit and affects adversely the spirituality of the missionaries and thus the success of the proselyting work.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
All roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ.
There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.