Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.
Jeffrey R. HollandRead
Missionary work isn't the only thing we need to do in this big, wide, wonderful Church. But almost everything else we need to do depends on people first hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ and coming into the faith. ... With all that there is to do along the path to eternal life, we need a lot more missionaries opening that gate and helping people through it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of missionary work in guiding people to faith.
Jeffrey R. Holland's quote highlights the essential role of missionaries in the Church, stating that while there are numerous activities and functions within the Church, the foundation lies in individuals encountering and accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ. By encouraging more missionaries to spread this message, the hope is to lead more people towards eternal life and a deeper faith in God.
Themes
MissionaryFaithGospelChurchEternal Life
In practice
Example use cases
During a church sermon discussing the importance of faith, this quote can inspire congregation members to consider becoming missionaries.
More from Jeffrey R. Holland
All quotes βFor 179 years [The Book of Mormon] has been examined and attacked, denied and deconstructed, targeted and torn apart like perhaps no other religious history β perhaps like no other book in any religious history- and still, it stands.
Jeffrey R. HollandRead
Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.
Jeffrey R. HollandRead
Maybe the purchasing and the making and the wrapping and the decorating - those delightfully generous and important expressions of our love at Christmas - should be separated, if only slightly, from the more quiet, personal moments when we consider the meaning of the Baby (and his birth) who prompts the giving of such gifts.
Jeffrey R. HollandRead
Don't you quit! You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help & happiness ahead.
Jeffrey R. HollandRead
Brothers and sisters, this is a divine work in process, with the manifestations and blessings of it abounding in every direction, so please donβt hyperventilate if from time to time issues arise that need to be examined, understood, and resolved. They do and they will. In this Church, what we know will always trump what we do not know. And remember, in this world, everyone is to walk by faith.
Jeffrey R. HollandRead
Similar quotes
In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts.
Leonard RavenhillRead
Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make prayer a rare and feeble thing.
Edward Mckendree BoundsRead
When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and ingratitude of my enemies, the Pope and his accomplices and vermin, and Zwingli, so that my heart swells with the righteous indignation and hatred and I can say with warmth and vehemence: 'Holy be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done!' And the hotter I grow the more ardent do my prayers become.
Martin LutherRead
One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ...than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office
Dietrich Von HildebrandRead
Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.
George WashingtonRead
We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
Saint AugustineRead