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God’s work is not man working for God; it is God’s own work, though often wrought through man’s hands.

Hudson Taylor

But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.
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Faith Method Rest Strength Strive
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.
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Communion Rain Rush Seek Sunshine Worry
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness.
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Failure Mission Polite
Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us.
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God Himself Power Strength
If we wait till we run no risk, the gospel will never be introduced into the interior.
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Introduction Risk Run Scripture Wait
Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.
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Action Believe Heart Leadership Prayer
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
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Command Commission Greatness Obey Option
Nothing can take the place of a real hunger for souls, or make up for the lack of it.
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Hungry Make Up Place Reality Soul
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.
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Man Myself Prayer See Work
There has never been a successful social movement for any minority without the support of the majority.
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Majority Minority Social Success
[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.
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Better God Gold Help Himself Rich Yourself
The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross.
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Cross God Religious Spirit
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.
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Beginning Day God Harmony Himself Instrument Prayer Word
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.
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Enough Faith God Himself Rest Small Thinking
it is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer.
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Comfortable Dare Learning Leaving Position Small Suffering
Unless you intend your wife to be a true missionary, not merely a wife, home-maker, and friend, do not join us.
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Friendship Ourselves True Wife Worth

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