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The temptations of being relevant, spectacular, and powerful are real temptations and stay with us all of our lives. They are strong because they play directly on our desire to join others on the upwardly mobile road.”
“But when we are able to recognize these temptations as seductive attempts to cling to the illusions of the false self, they can become instead invitations to claim our true self, which is hidden in God alone. When we find ourselves able to continue to serve our fellow human beings even when our lives remain the same, even when few people offer us praise, and even when we have little or no power, we come to know ourselves as God knows us, as sons and daughters hidden in God’s love.”
- Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life (by Henri J. M. Nouwen)
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”This is the great mystery of servanthood. It is expressed by Jesus when he said to his disciples, ‘I shall not call you servants any more, because a servant does not know his master’s business. I call you friends because I have made known to you everything I have learned from my father’ (John 15:15). Here we see that servanthood and friendship are no longer distinct and that in serving God we find our true self which no longer needs social affirmations but is free to offer a powerless ministry.” - Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life (by Henri J. M. Nouwen)
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”God is not looking for men of great faith, only some common souls like you or me… willing to trust in His Great Faithfulness.
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”Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth. (-John Wesley)
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”Great Commission Christians don’t care who gets the glory or who is on the front lines. Instead, they are willing to be goers or senders as the Lord leads. If our hearts are in the right place, we will want to be involved in the battle wherever the Commander-in-Chief puts us. We know from Acts 1:8 that it takes the whole Church working together to reach Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth.” -K.P. Yohannan, Come, Let’s Reach the World
From http://www.missionsbox.orgMission, glory,
