Francis Schaeffer Quotes

No Task will be so sordid and base, provided you obey your calling in it, that it will not shine and be reckoned very precious in God's sight.

Saints are simply men & women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

‎What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and work flow.

Today is important only in light of what we do for God.

The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done for God.

God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.

Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

If you could really see that tree over there," Merlin said, "you would be so astounded that you'd fall over." "Really? But why?" asked Arthur. "It's just a tree." "No," Merlin said, "It's just a tree in your mind. To another mind it is an expression of infinite spirit and beauty. In God's mind it is a dear child, sweeter than anything you can imagine.

All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.

People who are servants-humbly, honestly, and joyfully-keep getting revealed as the biggest winners. People who recognize and embrace their smallness keep getting bigger and bigger in God's eyes. It's the oddest scoring system.

What I want to know is: Why is it important to have visible stomach muscles? I grew up in an era (the Paleolithic) when people kept their stomach muscles discreetly out of sight.

The Bible is there to enable God's people to be equipped to do God's work in God's world, not to give them an excuse to sit back smugly, knowing they possess all God's truth.

Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.

Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God.

Make sure you are doing what is important to God-not just what is important to everyone else you know.

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

Mary’s life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble.

Lord, when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to remember that everything I do is significant and important in your eyes, because you love me and you put me here, and no one else can do what I am doing in exactly the way I do it.

To God, our journey is JUST as important as our destination!

God doesn't work for us; we work for God.

People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.

We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.

I did it through our ministries. We had ordination and basically understanding there ought - to be ordained that God has set apart, for the purposes of ministry. This is an important thing because of that defining moment, when I held that word up, I said I want to spend the rest of my life helping people.

We may be little, insignificant servants in the eyes of a world motivated by efficiency, control and success. But when we realize that God has chosen us from all eternity, sent us into the world as the blessed ones, handed us over to suffering, can't we, then, also trust that our little lives will multiply themselves and be able to fulfill the needs of countless people?