God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything. R. A. Torrey More Quotes by R. A. Torrey More Quotes From R. A. Torrey The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory. R. A. Torrey christian success motivational We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results. R. A. Torrey prayer christian littles When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end. R. A. Torrey prayer men believe The truly wise man is he who believes the Bible against the opinions of any man. If the Bible says one thing, and any body of men says another, the wise man will decide, "This book is the Word of him who cannot lie". R. A. Torrey wise book lying The devil is perfectly willing that the Church should multiply its organization and its deftly contrived machinery for the conquest of the world for Christ, if it will only give up praying... Satan laughs softly, as he looks at the Church today, and says under his breath: "You can have your Sunday schools, your YMCAs...your grand choirs, and your fine organs, and your brilliant preachers...as long as you do not bring into them the power of Almighty God, sought and obtained by earnest, persistent, believing, mighty prayers." R. A. Torrey giving-up prayer believe If loving God with all our heart and soul and might is the greatest commandment, then it follows that not loving Him that way is the greatest sin. R. A. Torrey soul heart might The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer. R. A. Torrey purpose prayer christian If we think of the Holy Spirit only as an impersonal power or influence, then our thought will constantly be, how can I get hold of and use the Holy Spirit; but if we think of Him in the biblical way as a divine Person, infinitely wise, infinitely holy, infinitely tender, then our thought will constantly be, 'How can the Holy Spirit get hold of and use me?' R. A. Torrey biblical wise thinking One of the commonest causes of failure in Christian life is found in the attempt to follow some good man whom we greatly admire. No man and no woman, no matter how good, can be safely followed. If we follow any man or woman, we are bound to go astray. There has been but one absolutely perfect Man on this earth-the Man Christ Jesus. If we try to follow any other man we are surer to imitate his faults than his excellencies. Look to Jesus and Jesus only as your Guide. R. A. Torrey christian men jesus I would rather win souls than be the greatest king or emperor on earth; I would rather win souls than be the greatest general that ever commanded an army; I would rather win souls than be the greatest poet, or novelist, or literary man who ever walked the earth. My one ambition in life is to win as many as possible. R. A. Torrey ambition kings christian All that God is, and all that God has, are at the disposal of player. Prayer can do anything that God can do, and as God can do anything, prayer is omnipotent. R. A. Torrey omnipotent prayer can-do Oh, men and women, pray through; pray through! Do not just begin to pray and pray a little while and throw up your hands and quit; but pray and pray and pray until God bends the heavens and comes down. R. A. Torrey prayer men hands Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears. R. A. Torrey prayer christian god The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinions of any man. R. A. Torrey christian wise bible Prayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouses of God's. . .grace and power. R. A. Torrey keys grace prayer We must always bear in mind that the primary purpose of our work is not to get people to join a church, to give up their bad habits, or to do anything other than to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. R. A. Torrey giving-up mind jesus To have as one's ever-present friend, and to be conscious that one has as his ever-present friend, the Holy Spirit and to surrender one's life in all it's departments entirely to His control - this is true Christian living. R. A. Torrey spirit christian religion God has not changed; and His ear is just as quick to hear the voice of real prayer, and His hand is just as long and strong to save; as it ever was. R. A. Torrey strong prayer christian Any church may have a mighty man of God for its pastor, if it is willing to pay the price, and that price is not a big salary, but great praying. R. A. Torrey pay-the-price church men Do not study commentaries, lesson helps or other books about the Bible: study the Bible itself. Do not study about the Bible, study the Bible. The Bible is the Word of God, and only the Bible is the Word of God. R. A. Torrey lessons helping book
