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 TAYLORWave after wave of trial rolled over us; but at the end of the year some of us were constrained to confess, that we had learned more of the loving-kindness of the Lord than in any previous year of our lives.
More Hudson Taylor Quotes
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There are three stages in the work of God: impossible, difficult,done.
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Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.
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But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.
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[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him.
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As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial.
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One difficulty follows another very fast – but God reigns, not chance.
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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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There has never been a successful social movement for any minority without the support of the majority.
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It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
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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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A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing.
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When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. When Jesus reigns, there is rest.
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Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.
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An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power.
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All God’s giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God’s faithfulness.
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The hardest part of a missionary career is to maintain regular, prayerful Bible study. Satan will always find you something to do, when you ought to be occupied about that – if it is only arranging a window blind!
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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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Truly Jesus is the great need of our souls.
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If we wait till we run no risk, the gospel will never be introduced into the interior.
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Wave after wave of trial rolled over us; but at the end of the year some of us were constrained to confess, that we had learned more of the loving-kindness of the Lord than in any previous year of our lives.
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God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.
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Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us.
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When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.
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Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone.
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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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The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross.
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