Quotes by Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) — Missionar · Evangelikal · China

Hudson Taylor war ein britischer Arzt und evangelikaler Missionar, der in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts über fünf Jahrzehnte lang in China wirkte. Er gründete die China-Inland-Mission, lebte das Prinzip der allein auf Gebet vertrauenden Glaubensmission vor und passte sich der chinesischen Kultur an, stand jedoch auch wegen der Gefährdung unerfahrener Mitarbeiter in der Kritik. Für heutige Bibelleser verkörpert er ein radikales Gottvertrauen, regt aber zugleich zum Nachdenken über Leitungsverantwortung und das Verhältnis von Glaube und Risiko an.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Prayer & Silence, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Courage & Strength, Illness & Weakness, Hope & Confidence, Humility & Pride, Discipleship

Quotes by Hudson Taylor

We don't need great faith, but faith in a great God.
Hudson Taylor

God pays for what He orders.
Hudson Taylor

I am so weak. I can’t read my Bible. I can’t even pray. I can only lie still in God’s arms like a little child and trust.
Hudson Taylor

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me.
Hudson Taylor

There are three stages in the work of God: Impossible; Difficult; Done.
Hudson Taylor

When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.
Hudson Taylor

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.
Hudson Taylor

The Lord is my shepherd; he is on Sunday, he is on Monday, and he is every day of the week; he is in January, he is in December, and every month of the year; he is at home, and he is in China; he is in peace, and he is in war; in abundance, and in poverty.
Hudson Taylor

Even more than our service, God desires our love.
Hudson Taylor

God has not promised us a smooth passage, but a safe landing.
Hudson Taylor

When God's work is done in God's way for God's glory, it will never lack God's supply.
Hudson Taylor

Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them.
Hudson Taylor

All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.
Hudson Taylor

I am a man of small faith in a great God.
Hudson Taylor

Complete trust in God is bliss; he often tests, but never abandons.
Hudson Taylor

It does not matter how great the pressure is. What matters alone is where the pressure lies: whether it pushes itself between me and God, or whether it drives me closer to his heart.
Hudson Taylor

We do not know what the future holds, but we know the one who is the same - yesterday, today, and forever.
Hudson Taylor

He who is for us is greater than all who could be against us.
Hudson Taylor

Faith is resting in the faithfulness of God.
Hudson Taylor

We may fail, we do indeed fail continually, but God never fails.
Hudson Taylor

All of God’s heroes have been weak people; they did great things for God because they held fast to the fact that he was with them.
Hudson Taylor

We are like the disciples: slow to understand, with little faith, easily discouraged, but they stayed with him. And he still wants to work through us today.
Hudson Taylor

When our heavenly Father takes something from us, it is never to make us poor.
Hudson Taylor

The more I come to know myself and Him, the more I am amazed that He has placed me among the ranks of His friends and co-workers.
Hudson Taylor

I am burdened beyond measure and would not know where to turn, if the Word of God did not become ever more precious to me.
Hudson Taylor

God uses people who are weak and powerless enough to lean on him.
Hudson Taylor

The less I spent on myself and the more I invested in others, the happier I was and the more blessing filled my heart.
Hudson Taylor

A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in the little things is a great thing.
Hudson Taylor

The use of means ought not to lessen our faith in God, and our faith in God ought not to hinder our using whatever means He has given us for the accomplishment of His own purposes.
Hudson Taylor

I delight in the luxury of having only a few things to worry about.
Hudson Taylor

In a difficult season it matters more to discover what God wants to say to me than to get out of it as fast as possible.
Hudson Taylor

It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone.
Hudson Taylor

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.
Hudson Taylor

God is a very, very good Father. He never forgets his children.
Hudson Taylor

God is ready to give us all we need, when we need it.
Hudson Taylor

Whoever believes does not rush.
Hudson Taylor

If our effort for God involves no risk, then no faith is needed either.
Hudson Taylor

Difficulties are the very ground on which God can reveal himself.
Hudson Taylor

If I have an almighty Father, why should I ask powerless people?
Hudson Taylor

Where much is prayed, we give God the opportunity to work for us.
Hudson Taylor

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