"We tend to carry around with us an unbiblical definition of ministry that allows us to live comfortably as Christian consumers. We think of ministry this way: we have our little private lives that belong to us, and we step out of our lives into moments of ministry and then step back intro our lives after...ministry (is) over. The fact of the matter is that since we have been bought with the blood of Jesus, our lives don't belong to us anymore. They are His possession for His use. This means that our life is ministry and ministry is our life. There is no real separation between life and ministry. That means we live, work, relate, play, and relax with a ministry mentality."
- Paul David Tripp
