One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance. Hudson Taylor More Quotes by Hudson Taylor More Quotes From Hudson Taylor God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness. Hudson Taylor missionary common men 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. Hudson Taylor godly prayer firsts I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient. Hudson Taylor grace doe giving The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. Hudson Taylor christian-inspirational wisdom religion The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will. Hudson Taylor real secret lying Carrying the cross does mean following in Jesus' footsteps. And in His footsteps are rejection, brokenheartedness, persecution and death. There are not two Christs - an easy going one for easy going Christians, and a suffering one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are we willing to follow His lead? Hudson Taylor christian mean jesus The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." Hudson Taylor disappointment grace prayer 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. Hudson Taylor sunshine rain jesus There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says. Hudson Taylor christian-inspirational christian mean All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love. Hudson Taylor platforms and-love grace To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come. Hudson Taylor sick mistake jesus I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me. Hudson Taylor christian helping might Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith. Hudson Taylor risk christian needs Dream a dream so big that unless God intervenes it will fail. Hudson Taylor failing bigs dream When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust. Hudson Taylor praying prayer thinking Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do. Hudson Taylor never-forget important forget There are three stages in the work of God: impossible, difficult,done. Hudson Taylor three done god Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to trouble about, or to make trouble about. Hudson Taylor giving-up christian hands When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone. Hudson Taylor prayer men moving Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. Hudson Taylor purpose wise way
