S. Quotes

Short pithy gems from William Carey Courtesy www.Gracegems.org This module was created by kotg777

~ ~ ~ ~ I’m not afraid of failure — I’m afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.

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Expect great things from God — attempt great things for God.
Expect great things from God — receive great things from God.
Expect little from God — receive little from God.

~ ~ ~ ~ Prayer — secret, fervent, believing prayer — yet lies at the root of all personal godliness.

~ ~ ~ ~ It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel — to endeavor to make it known among all nations.

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I was once young and now I am old — but not once have I been witness to God’s failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise — so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

~ ~ ~ ~ Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ.

~ ~ ~ ~ A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own. He is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.

~ ~ ~ ~ I will venture to go to the heathen — but remember that you must hold the ropes.

~ ~ ~ ~ Is not the great commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?

~ ~ ~ ~ There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.

~ ~ ~ ~ My best Friend is all sufficient.

~ ~ ~ ~ I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

~ ~ ~ ~ Without justification, salvation is not of grace — but of works.

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We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it — and means will not be very difficult.

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We must not be contented with praying — without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.

~ ~ ~ ~ The less said about me — the better. If the biographer gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly. Anything beyond this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

~ ~ ~ ~ The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer.