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“When we arrive at the end of our own strength it is not defeat, but the start of tapping into God's boundless resources. It is when we are weak that we are strong in God.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“You can never really know that Scriptures until you're willing to be changed by them.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“I didn't suffer for Jesus in prison. No! I was with Jesus and I experienced his very real presence, joy, and peace every day. It's not those in prison for the sake of the gospel who suffer. The person who suffers is he who never experiences God's intimate presence.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“We shouldn’t pray for a lighter load to carry, but a stronger back to endure! Then the world will see that God is with us, empowering us to live in a way that reflects his love and power.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Some people go through their whole life free on the outside but prisoners in their hearts, enslaved to sin and bondage. These men face the most miserable existence possible inside prison, but on the inside they are as free as birds gliding over the mountain tops!”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Yun often tells me, “We are absolutely nothing. We have nothing to be proud about. We have no abilities and nothing to offer God. The fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace. It has nothing to do with us. If God should choose to raise up others for his purpose and never use us again we would have nothing to complain about.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“You can never really know the Scriptures until you’re willing to be changed by them.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“In China, the greatest miracles we see are not the healings or other things, but lives transformed by the gospel. We believe we’re not called to follow signs and wonders but instead the signs and wonders follow us when the gospel is preached. We don’t keep our eyes on the signs and wonders; we keep our eyes on Jesus.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“It has been said, “It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.” Those who know Brother Yun can vouch that he is a humble servant of God who does not want any part of his life to bring glory to himself or man.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“From that day on I clearly understood that the kingdom of God can never mix with politics”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“If you give God the right to yourself, he will make a holy experiment out of you. God’s experiments always succeed.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“I told them that God controlled all things, not fate, and that our lives were determined by him and by the choices we make to obey or disobey his Word. I used this opportunity to tell them what the Bible says,”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” John 12:24–25.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil…. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath…. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:17, 19,21.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Don’t pray for the persecution to stop! We shouldn’t pray for a lighter load to carry, but a stronger back to endure! Then the world will see that God is with us, empowering us to live in a way that reflects his love and power. This is true freedom!”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“We must submit ourselves to God and embrace whatever he allows to happen. Sometimes there are times of peace, other times struggle and persecution. But both are from the Lord, to mould us into the vessels he wants us to be.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Some men live free in this life, only to face an eternal prison in hell. You’re in prison in this life, but from today your names have been written in heaven and you are free!”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“There will be a fire in your bones, like Jeremiah, who said, “His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” Jeremiah 20:9. Furthermore, it’s only when we step out in obedience and share the gospel with people that we come to know God’s blessing in every area of our lives. That is why the Apostle Paul wrote to his co-worker Philemon, “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.” Philemon v. 6. I’ve seen people in Western churches worshipping as if they’re already in heaven. Then someone invariably brings a comforting message like, “My children, I love you. Don’t be afraid, I’m with you.” I’m not opposed to such words, but why is it that nobody seems to hear a Word from the Lord like, “My child, I want to send you to the slums of Asia or the darkness of Africa to be my messenger to people dying in their sin”?”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“I don’t know exactly what the future holds, but I do know who holds my future! Since the Lord saved me as a teenager it has been an exciting ride! I’ve never known what was waiting around the next corner.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“If God’s only goal were to get people into heaven, then he would take us there as soon as we first believed in him.”
― Paul Hattaway, Back to Jerusalem: Called to Complete the Great Commission

“a wild and dangerous place where brigandage and battle were inextricably woven into a unique culture of warriors and monks. Decapitated heads ornamented the trees and gateposts. Severed hands festooned the government buildings. The Chinese and Tibetans skinned men alive, chopped them into chunks, and boiled them to death in giant cauldrons.1”
― Paul Hattaway, Tibet (book 4); Inside the Greatest Christian Revival in History

“The path of following the Lord Jesus Christ is not an easy one. Along the way lies suffering and hardship, but nothing we experience will ever compare to the suffering Jesus endured for us on the cross.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Just because you have a church building doesn’t necessarily mean Jesus is with you. He is not welcome in many churches today.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“When God truly moves in your heart you cannot remain silent. There will be a fire in your bones, like Jeremiah, who said, “His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” Jeremiah 20:9.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man

“It has been said, “It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Nanyang County in southern Henan Province”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“The true church is not an organization controlled by the rules of men but a holy collection of living stones with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“Instead of weakening us, the persecution just made us stronger. The more pressure there was, the more fire and love there was to spread the gospel.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

“We believe we’re not called to follow signs and wonders but instead the signs and wonders follow us when the gospel is preached. We don’t keep our eyes on the signs and wonders; we keep our eyes on Jesus.”
― Paul Hattaway, The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun