Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth. A. B. Simpson More Quotes by A. B. Simpson More Quotes From A. B. Simpson 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. A. B. Simpson asking expectations thinking The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost! A. B. Simpson christian faith god The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God. A. B. Simpson age heart needs 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. A. B. Simpson humble age character Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power. A. B. Simpson healing hope giving A friend ... said, "You were healed by faith." "Oh, no," I said, "I was healed by Christ." What is the difference? There is a great difference. There came a time when even faith seemed to come between me and Jesus. I thought I should have to work up the faith, so I laboured to get the faith. At last I thought I had it; that if I put my whole weight upon it, it would hold. I said, when I thought I had got the faith, "Heal me." I was trusting in myself, in my own heart, in my own faith. I was asking the Lord to do something for me because of something in me, not because of something in Him. A. B. Simpson should-have heart jesus Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares. A. B. Simpson letting-go beautiful art There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace. A. B. Simpson blessing opportunity two All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do. A. B. Simpson shows god opportunity The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to. A. B. Simpson spiritual christian believe We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death. A. B. Simpson overcoming condolences looks One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm! A. B. Simpson enthusiasm spirit-filled-life firsts Difficulties and obstacles are God's challenges to faith. When hindrances confront us in the path of duty, we are to recognize them as vessels for faith to fill with the fullness and all-sufficiency of Jesus. A. B. Simpson path challenges jesus Christ is not a reservoir but a spring. His life is continual, active and ever passing on with an outflow as necessary as its inflow. If we do not perpetually draw the fresh supply from the living Fountain, we shall either grow stagnant or empty, It is, therefore, not so much a perpetual fullness as a perpetual filling. A. B. Simpson passing-on life-is spring 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. A. B. Simpson missionary men believe 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. A. B. Simpson prayer father children When God wants to bring more power into our lives., He brings more pressure. He is generating spiritual force by friction. A. B. Simpson pressure spiritual want 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. A. B. Simpson calling character men 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. A. B. Simpson hero christian opportunity May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire. A. B. Simpson fire desire heart
