John Mott
John Mott
John Raleigh Mottwas a long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Associationand the World Student Christian Federation. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a...
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prayer world missions
The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.
christian spiritual self
The invasion of the Church by the world is a menace to the extension of Christ's Kingdom. In all ages conformity to the world by Christians has resulted in lack of spiritual life and a consequent lack of spiritual vision and enterprise. A secularized or self-centered Church can never evangelize the world.
christian prayer missionary
Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for intercession; let the original purpose of the monthly concert of prayer for missions be given a larger place; let missionary prayer cycles be used by families and by individual Christians.
generations
No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.
christian prayer religion
The missionary church is a praying church. The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer. Are thousands of missionaries and tens of thousands of native workers needed? Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth laborers into His harvest.
christian prayer religion
Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.
prayer spirit pentecost
From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.
leadership demand relation
Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.
leadership taken years
There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.
prayer real order
In order to have real prayer and action to change things, we must have conviction as to the need of prayer and action. In order to have conviction as to the need of prayer and action, we must have knowledge.
giving world doe
The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?
prayer light agency
It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.
mean forget christianity
You ask me, How much time? I do not know. I know it means time enough to forget time.
moving-on country taken
As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again.