Quotes about Community

No matter how little money we have, no matter what rung we occupy on anybody's corporate ladder of success, in the end what everybody discovers is that what matters is other people. Human beings who give themselves to relational greatness—who have friends they laugh with, cry with, learn with, fight with, dance with, live and love and grow old and die with—these are the human beings who lead magnificent lives.

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man.

Therefore we should pray for each other the way Jesus prays for us in John 17:17-- "Sanctify them in the truth; thy Word is truth.

Labor to love people and honor God. Think of new ways that your work can bless people. Stop thinking mainly of profitability, and think mainly of how helpful your product or service can become.

Once, while visiting the continent, Spurgeon was asked about the secret of his ministry. After a moment s pause Mr. Spurgeon said, "My people pray for me.

We humans have never had the resources in ourselves to love each other well across ethnic lines. There is too much selfishness in all of us.

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.

Expose yourself to Bible-saturated people, both the living and the dead. Their lives and their words are a great help to our joy.

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression.

I look upon the world as my parish.

The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.