Jacques Ellul Quotes

I don't want to play with marbles, when God told me to move mountains!

I am appointed by God to save my country.

I feel it's God's work to convey a message.

To some men it is hard seeing a call of God through difficulties; when if it would but clothe itself with a few carnal advantages, how apparent it is to them! They can see it through a little cranny.

Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

It's not just being called to the ministry that counts.

Those who by God are helmsmen are ordained to serve the common weal.

Here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.

I believe God wants me to be President.

I honestly think I was put on the Earth to be some sort of prophet.

When the Seven Deities let me know what I must do to be complete again - even though I will be stronger and more than just a regular mortal man - I will fulfill that mission and become whole once more.

If I said that God did not send me, I should condemn myself; truly God did send me.

When you become consumed by God's call on your life, everything will take on new meaning and significance. You will begin to see every facet of your life - including your pain - as a means through which God can work to bring others to Himself.

There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.

There is no calling of God to man on earth but what brings with it the evidence of its authenticity.

The evil of the Church is the doing of Church work in a spirit of business, something to be got through. The only way to avoid this is for the priest to be instant in prayer. If he is not, he will lose that touch of the supernatural, without which he has no right to be a priest at all.

A church is a soul-saving company or it is nothing.

Nail the colours to the mast! That is the right thing to do, and, therefore, that is what we must do, and do it now. What colours? The colours of Christ, the work He has given us to do- the evangelization of all the unevangelized.

Have you thought about His (God) handling of the gospel? God needs to get a message out to the human race, without which they will perish...foreve r. What's the plan? First, He starts with the most unlikely group ever: a couple of prostitutes, a few fishermen with no better than a second-grade education, a tax collector. Then, he passes the ball to us. Unbelievable.

I told you, God is not coy. He's more likely to hit you across the forehead with a two-by-four than whisper in your ear

The world was made partly that there may be prayer; partly that our prayers might be answered.

God calls you to make definitive choices, and He has a plan for each of you: to discover that plan and to respond to your vocation is to move toward personal fulfillment.