What a noble gift it is, the power of playing upon the souls and wills of men, and rousing them to lofty purposes and holy deeds.
– Henry Drummond –
Work
Reckless abandon for the Lord – Elisabeth Elliot
I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Work or Pray? – James Hudson Taylor
When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.
– James Hudson Taylor –
Too busy to pray – Wanda E. Brunstetter
If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be.
– Wanda E. Brunstetter –
God’s Promises – Augustine
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
– Augustine –
Every Christian is to be effective – AB Simpson
God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.
– AB Simpson –
Service of Christ is to be Delightful – Dwight L. Moody
He came to deliver us from our sinful dispositions, and create in us pure hearts, and when we have Him with us it will not be hard for us. Then the service of Christ will be delightful.
– Dwight L. Moody –
How much can I do? – Stephen Olin
Inquire how much can I, not how little may I do.
– Stephen Olin –
from The Works of Stephen Olin Sermons and Sketches,1852
Why I am no longer anxious about anything – Hudson Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how that is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.
– Hudson Taylor –