It is not the greatness of our troubles as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
– Hudson Taylor –
Hudson Taylor
December 14, 2014
The sweetest part … is the rest which full identification with Christ brings.
– Hudson Taylor –
October 17, 2014
We have to do with One who is Lord of all power and might, whose arm is not shortened that it cannot save, nor His ear heavy that it cannot hear; with One whose unchanging Word directs us to ask and receive that our joy may be full, to open our mouths wide, that He may fill them. And we do well to remember that this gracious God, who has condescended to place His almighty power at the command of believing prayer looks not lightly on the blood guiltiness of those who neglect to avail themselves of it for the benefit of the perishing …
– Hudson Taylor –
from: Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
from: Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
September 12, 2014
Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.
– Hudson Taylor –
August 2, 2014
It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
– Hudson Taylor –
July 10, 2014
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
– Hudson Taylor –
May 26, 2014
Do we give sufficient attention to the theme of gaining Christ? It is our joy and privilege to know Him as God’s unspeakable gift, but none knew this more fully than the apostle Paul. But was he satisfied with this knowledge? Or was Paul’s soul-consuming desire, at all possible cost, to gain Christ; and thus to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings? Oh that Christ may be so known by us as a ‘living, bright reality’ that our one desire-our one absorbing heart-passion may be that we personally gain Christ – that we personally know Him as the apostle longed to do.
– Hudson Taylor –
February 2, 2014
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 –
October 1, 2012
I have nothing too precious for my Lord Jesus. He has asked for my very best; and I give, with all my heart, my very best to Him.
– Dr. Parker –
(worked with Hudson Taylor)