China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease—loving men and women. … The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China, souls, first and foremost in everything and at every time—even life itself must be secondary.
– Hudson Taylor –
missionary to China (1832-1905)
Should we not press it home upon our consciences that the sole object of our conversion was not the salvation of our own souls, but that we might become co-workers with our Lord and Master in the conversion of the world?
– Lottie Moon –
missionary to China (1840-1912)
Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell.
– William Booth –
The law of prayer is the law of harvest: sow sparingly in prayer, reap sparingly; sow bountifully in prayer, reap bountifully. The trouble is we are trying to get from our efforts what we never put into them.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
We are called to change the world, not be changed by the world.
– Eric Ludy –
You have nothing to be proud of. If you are ever used at all, bear in mind that it is God speaking in you, and not you yourself.
– DL Moody –
The saintly Andrew Bonar used to soak his pillow with tears every Saturday night in Scotland as people below trampled the streets returning from the taverns and shows. He would cry from the depths of his agonizing heart, “Oh! They perish, they perish!”
Paul saw people sinking toward hell and did not talk of refining them, but of saving them from the wrath to come. He laid aside his preferences to prevent prejudice; He submitted his will in things indifferent, and if humankind would but receive the Gospel, he raised no questions about forms or ceremonies. Are we possessed with the same all-absorbing desire? Jesus died for sinners, can’t we live for them?
– Charles Spurgeon –
Our lives are to be indisputable evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
– Carter Conlon –