All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them..

The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross..

We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?.

When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. When Jesus reigns, there is rest..

Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people..

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 ….

I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me..

it is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare….

If we wait till we run no risk, the gospel will never be introduced into the interior..

God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness..

The Lord IS my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be. . . is my shepherd on Sunday, is on Monday, and is through every day of the week; is in Ja….

[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him..

Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change..

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me..

In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislik….

While unbelief sees the difficulties, faith sees God between itself and them..

It matters not how great the pressure is, only where the pressure lies. As long as the pressure does not come between me and my Savior, but presses m….

It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God, or whether it p….

Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs--an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptio….

If in the sight of God you cannot say you are sure that you have a special call to stay at home, why are you disobeying the Saviour's plain command t….

Carrying the cross does mean following in Jesus' footsteps. And in His footsteps are rejection, brokenheartedness, persecution and death. There are n….