James Hudson Taylor Quotes & Sayings

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. — James Hudson Taylor

O Lord, how happy should we be If we would cast our care on Thee, If we from self would rest; And feel at heart that One above, In perfect wisdom, perfect love, Is working for the best! — James Hudson Taylor

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 not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer. — James Hudson Taylor

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — James Hudson Taylor

If I had a thousand pounds China should have it- if I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour? — James Hudson Taylor

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

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. — James Hudson Taylor

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

To me it seemed that the teaching of God's Word was unmistakably clear: 'Owe no man anything.' To borrow money implied to my mind a contradiction of Scripture
a confession that God had withheld some good thing, and determination to get for ourselves what He had not given. — James Hudson Taylor

God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him. — James Hudson Taylor

May we all, while living down here, in the world, but not of it, find our home in the heavenly places to which we have been raised, and in which we are seated together with Christ. Sent into the world to witness for our Master, may we ever be strangers there, ready to confess Him the true object of our soul's devotion. — James Hudson Taylor

Separation never comes from His side. He is always ready for communion with a prepared heart, and in this happy communion the bride becomes ever fairer, and more like to her Lord. She is being progressively changed into His image, from one degree of glory to another, through the wondrous working of the Holy Spirit, until the Bridegroom can declare: - Thou art all fair, My love; And there is no spot on thee. And now she is fit for service, and to it the Bridegroom woos her; she will not now misrepresent Him: - — James Hudson Taylor

Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us. — James Hudson Taylor

Not by discussions nor by argument, but by lifting up Christ shall we draw men unto Him. — James Hudson Taylor

There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. — James Hudson Taylor

In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness. — James 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. — James Hudson Taylor

I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient. — James Hudson Taylor

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 presses you nearer His heart. — James Hudson Taylor

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

It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain. — James Hudson Taylor

Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. — James Hudson Taylor

Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about. — James Hudson Taylor