Compelled by Love Quotes

“If you are called as a missionary—a “sent-out one”—then you are called to comfort those who mourn. You are called to love the broken until they understand God’s love—a love that never dies—through you.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“As our hearts become pure, our vision becomes clearer.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.1 —MOTHER TERESA”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“This bride will give up the selfish riches of this world to inherit the earth. She will be so ruined and wrecked by love that she will run full force into the darkness. This will cause His light through her to explode into the world—all for love’s sake.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Mother Teresa said: Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them.2”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“A new breed of ministers is rising up who will not wear out for the gospel. They are so caught up in passion, unity, and fullness that they run out and say, “World, here I come!” If they go into places where they get shot at, they are thrilled. If they do not get shot at, they are thrilled. If the place they go is filthy, they are thrilled. If it is clean, they are thrilled. Jesus is the joy set before them. He is their exceedingly great reward.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“WHAT IS A PEACEMAKER? PEACEMAKERS ARE THE mercy of God to a sinful world.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Saint Simeon once said that tears are a sign of the Holy Spirit’s presence.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“I don’t think there is anyone who needs God’s help and grace as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak. I think that is why God uses me. Because I cannot depend on my own strength, I rely on Him twenty-four hours a day. If the day had even more hours, then I would need His help and grace during those hours as well.1 —MOTHER TERESA”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“When I held Beatrice, I caught scabies and lice. But it didn’t matter. My only goal is to love more.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Every time I have had a heavenly vision, I have been undone by Jesus’s eyes of love.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. —PSALM 2:8”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Mother Teresa once said:
When Jesus came into the world, He loved it so much that He gave His life for it. He wanted to satisfy our hunger for God. And what did He do? He made Himself the Bread of Life. He became small, fragile, and defenseless for us. Bits of bread can be so small that even a baby can chew it.
He became the Bread of Life to satisfy our hunger for God, our hunger for love.'
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― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“A minister is simply a sent one. You might only be sent across the street, but it does not matter. To God, whether it is to one or the masses, it is the same—it is love incarnate.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“All I could think of was what a privilege it was to give my life away for love’s sake.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“But Jesus always leaves the ninety-nine to chase after the one. He always searches for the one lost coin.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“One day Surpresa was on his way to minister, and his car broke down. He walked eight hours in the rain, mile after mile, carrying a tire. He just sang the whole time, praising Jesus.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“the Sermon on the Mount is God’s formula for revival. The Beatitudes are His recipe for His kingdom to come and His will to be done on the earth as it is in heaven.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them.2”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“We can’t live in whatever.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."5
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― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“At the moment of death we will not be judged according to the number of good deeds we have done or by the diplomas we have received in our lifetime. We will be judged according to the love we have put into our work.1 —MOTHER TERESA”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“Ministry is simply you loving like Jesus. It is the Beatitudes manifest through your life. Missions are when you have the love of God so that He can demonstrate His very life and nature through you. Missions are intended to be the Sermon on the Mount played out on Earth.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“I’m a prisoner of love. I have given my life for love. It is joy unspeakable and full of glory. It’s in every part of our journey here on Earth.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action

“When we are compelled by love, when we embrace the life of the Beatitudes, we are truly blessed. Truly we are filled with inexpressible joy knowing we dwell in the shelter of the Most High God. We rest in the shadow of the Almighty. He is our refuge and our fortress; we put our trust in Him. He covers us with His wings of love, and we find safety in Him.”
― Heidi Baker, Compelled by Love: How to Change the World Through the Simple Power of Love in Action