There have been many influences in my life, but one of the strongest was the life and death of Jim Elliot—a missionary to Ecuador who gave his life reaching the people God placed on his heart.
As a young man, he prayed that if God didn’t have his life burn long, that he would at least burn bright!
To say the least, he burned bright and changed the lives of millions.
In memory of Jim Elliot and the others that have inspired us, I have included a few of my favorite thoughts of saints gone by. I hope you enjoy their wisdom as much as I have.
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose"-- Jim Elliot
"Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart"
- Bob Pierce, World Vision founder
"The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time"
-Carl F. H. Henry
"The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity."
-Mike Stachura
"I have but one passion: It is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ."
-Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
"We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first."
-Oswald J. Smith
"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light"
-John Keith Falconer
"Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell; I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell."
-C.T. Studd
