Warning: we may become so enamored with God’s good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.
A. B. SIMPSONChrist rises above all things.
More A. B. Simpson Quotes
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Your words and wishes are cheap if they do not find expression in your actual gifts.
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There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer…the hand of the child touching the arm of the Father and moving the wheel of the universe.
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One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
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God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.
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Unless I am sure I am doing more at home to send the gospel abroad than I can do abroad, I am bound to go.
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The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.
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The safe place lies in obedience to God’s Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.
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The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.
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When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord.
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I like to interpose in all of my appointments, if the Lord wills.
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God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
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As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
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Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray.
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Pray, always pray; beneath sins heaviest load, Prayer claims the blood from Jesus’ side that flowed. Pray, always pray; though weary, faint, and lone, Prayer nestles by the Father’s sheltering throne.
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I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord’s coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.
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God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.
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Once I tried to use Him, now He uses me.
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Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.
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Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.
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One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!
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Have we forgotten that there is a Holy Ghost, that we must insist upon walking on crutches when we might fly?
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All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.
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Before we can speak God’s message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.
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All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.
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May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
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This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.
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