Becoming A Global Christian

If I truly seek to have the heart of Jesus, I will seek to think the way He thinks, not just about myself and my ministry, but about the world. I will seek to feel what He feels, to cry over what He cries over, to laugh about what He laughs about, to see what He sees, every day I live. I will not just sing songs in worship services about honoring Him in all I do. I will seek to prove my faith and commitment to the vision of Jesus with action (Jam 2:18).
It is the vision of Jesus that calls me to wake up every day and think about the world. All too often the world is out of our vision as Christians; we do not regularly think about it. God sees the world, He thinks about the world, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As global Christians, we should too.
-- church planter Larry McKain in Falling in love with the Church, p. 245

"Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you." -- 2 Timothy 1:6

Jim Diehl, Nazarene general superintendent, speaking at the 1997 Nazarene General Assembly:

"The question before us is this:
Is there enough passion in the soul of the church to carry this holiness message to the peoples of this world?

* Our problem is not with our profession, but with our passion.
* Our problem is not with our procedures, but with our passion.
* Our problem is not with our policy, but with our passion.
* Our problem is not with our purpose, but with our passion.
* Our problem is not with our programs , but with our passion.

When it is all said and done: If we lose our passion, we lose our movement."