As I reflect on the profound impact that Hudson Taylor’s spiritual secret quotes have had on my own faith journey, I am compelled to share some of the wisdom and inspiration that can be gleaned from his life and teachings. Through his unwavering commitment to God and his pioneering work as a missionary in China, Taylor left behind a legacy of faith that continues to inspire and challenge believers around the world today.
The Centrality of Christ
One of the defining characteristics of Hudson Taylor’s faith was his singular focus on Christ. For Taylor, everything else flowed from his relationship with Jesus and his desire to know and serve Him more fully. As he wrote in one of his most famous quotes:
“Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.” – Hudson Taylor
Here are some additional quotes that capture Taylor’s Christ-centered perspective:
Dependence on God
Another key theme in Hudson Taylor’s life and teachings was his utter dependence on God. He recognized that apart from God’s grace and power, he could accomplish nothing of eternal significance. This dependence was reflected in his prayer life, his trust in God’s provision, and his willingness to step out in faith even when the way seemed uncertain. As he wrote:
“I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.” – Hudson Taylor
Here are some additional quotes that highlight Taylor’s dependence on God:
Perseverance in Trials
Throughout his life and ministry, Hudson Taylor faced numerous trials and challenges. From opposition and persecution in China to personal health struggles and the loss of loved ones, Taylor knew what it meant to suffer for the sake of the gospel. Yet through it all, he remained steadfast in his faith and his commitment to the work God had called him to do. As he wrote:
“There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.” – Hudson Taylor
Here are some additional quotes that speak to Taylor’s perseverance in the face of trials:
Faith and Obedience
For Hudson Taylor, faith and obedience were two sides of the same coin. He believed that true faith always led to obedience, and that obedience was the natural outworking of genuine faith. This conviction shaped his approach to ministry and his response to God’s call on his life. As he famously said:
“Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.” – Hudson Taylor
Here are some additional quotes that highlight the importance of faith and obedience in Taylor’s life and teachings:
Sacrificial Love
At the heart of Hudson Taylor’s spiritual secret was a deep, sacrificial love for God and for the people he served. This love compelled him to give his life in service to others, even when it meant great personal cost. As he wrote:
“If I had a thousand pounds China should have it—if I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour?” – Hudson Taylor
Here are some additional quotes that reflect Taylor’s heart of sacrificial love:
100 Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret Quotes
Quotes on the Centrality of Christ
- “Christ is the great central fact in the world’s history. To him everything looks forward or backward. All the lines of history converge upon him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.” – Hudson Taylor
- “If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is not only the basis of our peace and hope, but it is the means of our fellowship with God.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is the center of all God’s purposes for man.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is the pivot on which everything turns.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is the secret of all power and life.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is the secret of all victory.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is the secret of all joy.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The cross is the secret of all love.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Dependence on God
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s servant is God’s servant, and God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s support.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s blessing.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s power.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Perseverance in Trials
- “There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies — whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I am willing to go anywhere, provided it be forward.” – Hudson Taylor
- “All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine…Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” – Hudson Taylor
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Faith and Obedience
- “Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Obedience to God’s will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO God’s will that brings certainty.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again — until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and which is the other.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Sacrificial Love
- “If I had a thousand pounds China should have it—if I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour?” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I feel as if I could not live if something is not done for China.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The work of a true missionary is work indeed, often very monotonous, apparently not very successful, and carried on through great and varied but unceasing difficulties.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine…Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” – Hudson Taylor
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It doesn’t matter, really, how great the work is. What matters is how great the Master is.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Prayer and Communion with God
- “Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “You must go forward on your knees.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity…if we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God’s standing challenge, ‘Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.’” – Hudson Taylor
- “In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislike, which requires faith in God, since it makes one feel weak and poorly, is really a Divinely appointed means of grace. Perhaps the greatest hindrance to our work is our own imagined strength; and in fasting we learn what poor, weak creatures we are – dependent on a meal of meat for the little strength which we are so apt to lean upon.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I saw that the most important thing was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it…What is the food of the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God; and…not the simple reading of the Word of God, so that it only passes through our minds, just as water passes through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering it over and applying it to our hearts.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It is not lost time to wait upon God!” – Hudson Taylor
- “Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine grace and power wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God’s standing challenge, ‘Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!’” – Hudson Taylor
- “We have only to keep on praying and the result is sure.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Humility and Brokenness
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God chose me because I was weak enough. God does not do his great works by large committees. He trains somebody to be quiet enough, and little enough, and then he uses him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God was looking for a man weak enough to use, and He found me.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God is sufficient for God’s work…God chose me because I was weak enough. He trains somebody to be quiet enough and little enough, and then uses him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me.” – Hudson Taylor
- “If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine…Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Evangelism and Missions
- “The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The work of a true missionary is work indeed, often very monotonous, apparently not very successful, and carried on through great and varied but unceasing difficulties.” – Hudson Taylor
- “If I had a thousand pounds China should have it—if I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour?” – Hudson Taylor
- “I feel as if I could not live if something is not done for China.” – Hudson Taylor
- “China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease-loving men and women … The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China, souls first and foremost in everything and at every time – even life itself must be secondary.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The evangelization of the world is not a thing to be done by a few missionaries, but the whole Church must take it up and do it.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The need is great and the time is short. We must work while it is day.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him. By God’s help, I aim to be that man.” – Hudson Taylor
- “We have given too much attention to methods and to machinery and to resources, and too little to the Source of Power, the filling with the Holy Ghost.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Suffering and Sacrifice
- “There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies — whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I am willing to go anywhere, provided it be forward.” – Hudson Taylor
- “All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine…Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” – Hudson Taylor
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them.” – Hudson Taylor
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor
- “God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.” – Hudson Taylor
Quotes on Spiritual Growth and Maturity
- “Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs – an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?” – Hudson Taylor
- “God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.” – Hudson Taylor
- “It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Saviour and Power for fruitbearing and His joy in possessing us, as His Bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Not infrequently our God brings His people into difficulties on purpose that they may come to know Him as they could not otherwise do.” – Hudson Taylor
- “Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning… He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years. We do not expect He will send 3 million missionaries to China; but if He did, He would have ample means to sustain them all… Depend on it, God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine…Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” – Hudson Taylor
- “The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.” – Hudson Taylor
- “There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.” – Hudson Taylor
- “We have only to keep on praying and the result is sure.” – Hudson Taylor
These 100 quotes from Hudson Taylor capture the essence of his spiritual secret and provide deep insights into his faith, his dependence on God, his perseverance in trials, his commitment to evangelism and missions, his willingness to suffer and sacrifice for the sake of the gospel, and his pursuit of spiritual growth and maturity. May these quotes inspire and challenge us to follow in his footsteps and to live lives fully surrendered to God and His purposes.
Additional Hudson Taylor Inspired Spiritual Quotes
- “True faith is not a mere intellectual assent, but a heart-deep trust in God’s faithfulness.”
- “The greatest hindrance to effective prayer is not lack of time, but lack of heart.”
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.”
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine…”
- “It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.”
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they believed God was with them.”
- “I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine.”
- “The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.”
- “If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.”
- “It is not lost time to wait upon God!”
- “Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.”
- “I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.”
- “God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.”
- “God’s work is not man working for God; it is God’s own work, though often wrought through man’s hands.”
- “The joy of the Lord is your strength, and the joy of the Lord is found in obedient service.”
- “God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.”
- “Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about.”
- “God’s servant is God’s masterpiece.”
- “Depend on it. God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.”
- “The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.”
- “God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome.”
- “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His being with them.”
- “Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing.”
- “To have God’s will done in us, and through us, means the loss of our own will and the sacrifice of our self-life.”
- “God wants to test you with small things, and thus make you ruler over many things.”
- “When I get to China, I expect to have things straightforward, and do what I believe right and true by the grace of God!”
- “The cross is the center of all God’s revelations.”
- “If our Father’s patience ran out faster than our repentance, we would all be wrecked.”
- “Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up.”
- “I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.”
- “It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone.”
- “The branch of the vine does not worry about the sap, nor does it trouble about drawing it up from the root. It rests in union and communion with the vine, and at the right time, and in the right way, the sap flows into the branch, and fruit is the result.”
- “The power of prayer has never been tried to its full capacity…”
- “We must move men through God by prayer alone.”
- “All the resources of the Godhead are at our disposal!”
- “God’s work must be done in God’s way and in God’s time.”
- “If the Lord is with us, difficulties vanish.”
- “If you are wrong with God, even your best works will bring you no ultimate joy or satisfaction.”
- “Learning from the Bible how to walk with God is our chief business.”
- “Every great work of God has three stages: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, and finally, it is done.”
- “Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.”
- “The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.”
- “I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use and that He found me.”
- “We must do God’s work in God’s way and in God’s time.”
- “Feeling is the servant of faith, not its master.”
- “What we give up for Christ we gain. What we keep back for ourselves is our real loss.”
- “The best evidence of God’s presence is the devil’s growl.”
- “God’s purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour; the bud may have a bitter taste, but sweet will be the flower.”
- “God is always advancing, and He wants us to advance with Him.”
- “He who sanctifies himself is sanctified.”
- “The less I spend on myself and the more I give to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become.”
- “Oh, let us continually look to the Lord to be both the Supplier and Sustainer of His work!”
- “God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute.”
- “God’s work done in God’s way will not lack God’s provision.”
- “I am willing to decrease that Christ may increase, to be nothing that He may be all.”
- “Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
- “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”
- “What are we asking God for? Let us say it right out.”
- “God is so great that He can afford to give all His time and strength to each one of us as if there were no one else.”
- “To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.”
- “Give according to your income lest God make your income according to your giving.”
- “Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up.”
- “Our joy in God may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change.”
- “The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.”
- “A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing.”
- “The very natures of the miracle, and of God’s heart in working it, are seen through the thanksgiving of the saint who receives it.”
- “Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God.”
- “Contemplating the love of Christ from a distance is often easier than contemplating it up close.”
- “When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.”
- “Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.”
- “We must move people through God by prayer alone.”
- “If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and do His bidding, He will have a chance to do great things through us.”
- “There is a needs-be for us to give ourselves for the life of the world… the gospel of the grace of God, to perish for the life of the world.”
- “We need have no fear of want; our heavenly Father knows what we need and will make all grace abound toward us.”
- “The Christian’s life should put his minister’s sermon in the shade.”
- “The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God’s standing challenge, ‘Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!’”
- “True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection.”
- “All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.”
- “The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross.”
- “Unbelief sees the difficulties. Faith sees the way.”
- “It is not so much what we are doing as what He is doing through us, that counts.”
- “If God has called you to China or any other place and you are sure in your own heart, let nothing deter you… remember it is God who has called you and it is the same as when He called Moses or Samuel.”
- “There are three stages to every great work of God: first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.”
- “All at once came the thought – If you are simply obeying the LORD, all the responsibility will rest on Him, not on you! What a relief!! Well, I cried to God – You shall be responsible for them, and for me too!”
- “The Lord is my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be. The Lord is my shepherd. He is on Sunday, on Monday, and through every day of the week; He is in January, in December, and every month of the year; He is at home, and in China; He is during peace or war, and in times of abundance or poverty.”
- “There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.”
- “Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs – an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?”
- “Do we not all know that the cause of our misery is the vain notion of being our own? Well, let us give that up! Surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the first step in the recovery of spiritual joy and power will have been taken.”
- “I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.”
- “We should never shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried. The more I am in a position to be tried in faith, the more I will have the opportunity of seeing God’s help and deliverance.”
- “Pray for wisdom, never cease to cultivate His presence. Pray for spiritual insight to discover your specific role in His great plan. Ask the Lord to give you ‘an open door and utterance’ to make Christ known.”
- “You must go forward on your knees.”
- “There is a needs-be for us to give ourselves for the life of the world… to lay down our lives for the brethren, to take all that we have and are and lay it on the altar.”
- “It doesn’t matter, really, how great the pressure is; it only matters where the pressure lies. See that it never comes between you and the Lord—then, the greater the pressure, the more it presses you to His breast.”
- “Are we ENJOYING our Christianity? Are the consolations of God small with us? Is Christ precious to us?”
- “God Himself is the great worker, and we are but instruments in His hands. Failure itself He uses as a way of approach to hearts.”
- “Unless the missionary spirit is one of toiling, self-emptying, and self-sacrifice, and that not as a temporary phase, but as a life-purpose, there can be no hope of any abiding-blessing.”
- “We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so.”
- “If our faith be a living faith, it will be a working faith.”
- “The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray.”
- “If the heart be right, then nothing will be too small to demand our careful attention.”
- “God’s faithfulness is proved not by the elimination of hardships but by carrying us through them.”
- “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”
- “If we are without chastisement, we are bastards and not sons.”
- “Never be discouraged because you cannot learn all at once; the Lord your God leadeth you.”
- “Whatever thy heart clings to and confides in, that is properly thy God.”
- “Faith without works is dead.”
- “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.”
- “God’s order is first pure, then peaceable.”
- “Whatever be your circumstances, let it be your constant aim to glorify the Lord.”
- “It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment.”
- “Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper—and sleep too—than not pray.”
- “The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.”
- “The Cross is not only the basis of our peace and hope, but it is the means of our progress and power.”
- “We are not our own, we are bought with a price.”
- “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
- “Why do we insist on telling God our problems when He already knows them and is waiting for us to ask for His answers?”
- “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
- “Our faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.”
- “The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.”
- “God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to.”
- “Be not weary in well doing.”
- “There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
- “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.”
- “Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear; All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.”
- “Satan, the hinderer, may build a barrier around us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up.”
- “Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.”
- “Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?”
- “The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you. To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.”
- “We have given too much attention to methods and to machinery and to resources, and too little to the Source of Power; the filling with the Holy Ghost.”
- “We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first.”
- “Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength.”
- “The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.”
- “Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before.”
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