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.
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."
When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.
All God's giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God's faithfulness.
Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone
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.
Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.
God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him
I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.
If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for China.
In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislike, which requires faith in God, since it makes one feel weak and poorly, is really a Divinely appointed means of grace. Perhaps the greatest hindrance to our work is our own imagined strength; and in fasting we learn what poor, weak creatures we are-dependent on a meal of meat for the little strength which we are so apt to lean upon.
As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial.
Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.
