This is my last post from Mother Teresa – In My Own Words. I have been fascinated and convicted the last month or so as I have studied her life and her journey. The true Christian life is a life of sacrifice. It is so easy to stay disconnected from the Bible heroes because they were [...]
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Mother Teresa – God and Christianity
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Evangelism, Faith, Mother Teresa, tagged Christ, christianity, God, gospel, heroes of the faith, love, sacrifice, serve, witness on October 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Mother Teresa and Suffering
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Mother Teresa, tagged care, Christ, christianity, comfort, depression, empathy, help, Jesus, Matthew, needs, pain, suffering on October 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Quotes are excerpts from Mother Teresa – In My Own Words
Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. Rom 8:17
“Suffering in itself has no value. The greatest gift we can enjoy [...]
Loneliness
Posted in Christian Living, Faith, Mother Teresa, Stress, tagged , alone, depression, feelings, loneliness, lonely, love, sadness on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The quotes at the bottom of this post are from Mother Teresa – In My Own Words
I like to be alone. Some of my favorite times are when I get up before the sun does, brew some coffee, and spend time with God or reading a book, or just thinking. I enjoy being alone.
I don’t enjoy [...]
Mother Teresa on Pride and Humility
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, Mother Teresa, Stress, tagged humble, humilty, life, pride, proud, servanthood, weakness, wisdom on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from Mother Teresa – In My Own Words
I have really been studying the life of Teresa the last few weeks and the more I read the more I am impressed by her example of a life of humility and convicted by the pride in my life. The Word of God tells us that pride will [...]
Mother Teresa on Home and Family
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Faith, Family, Leadership, Mother Teresa, Prayer, Stress, tagged Family, hurry, joy, love, parenting, peace, war on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Excerpt from Mother Teresa – In My Own Words
“Peace and war begins at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.”
“Everybody today seems to be in a hurry. No [...]
Mother Teresa on Love
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Evangelism, Faith, Leadership, Mother Teresa, tagged caring, christian, example, faithfulness, love, poor, real love, sacrifice, serving on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
from “Mother Teresa – In My Own Words”
“When a young lady of the upper class chooses to place herself at the service of the poor, it causes an authentic revolution, the biggest, the most difficult one: the revolution of love.”
“Only after they were fed did he (Jesus) start to teach them.”
“True love causes pain. Jesus, [...]
Mother Teresa on the Poor
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Faith, Mother Teresa on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mattew 25:40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
from Mother Teresa in My Own Words
This is from the chapter called “Christ in the Poor” pg. 21
“The poor are great! The poor [...]
Mother Teresa on Generosity
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Mother Teresa on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From Mother Teresa In My Own Words
Generosity
“Without a spirit of sacrifice, without a life of prayer, without an intimate attitude of penance, we would not be capable of carrying out our work.”
“I ask you one thing: do not tire of giving, but do not give your leftovers. Give until it hurts, until you feel the [...]
Mother Teresa on Prayer
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Mother Teresa, Prayer on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some more quotes from Mother Teresa in My Own Words. This time the subject is prayer.
“Prayer makes your heart bigger until it is capable of containing the gift of God Himself”
“I believe that politicians spend too little time on their knees. I am convinced that they would be better politicians if they were [...]
Mother Teresa on Holiness
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Church, Evangelism, Faith, Mother Teresa on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am reading a couple of books on Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa in My Own Words is a book of her quotes on different subjects in the Christian faith. Beginning in this post and posts to come I will be sharing some of her words of wisdom.
Holiness
”Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in [...]
