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“The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.”
― J. Hudson Taylor

“Go, send, or disobey.”
― John Piper

“Whatever we do, we must not treat the Great Commission like it's the Great Suggestion.”
― Swindoll Charles R.

“You are either making disciples or making excuses. Which one are you?”
― Jonathan Hayashi

“Life is to be lived for an audience of One.”
― Ronnie Floyd, Our Last Great Hope: Awakening the Great Commission

“John Stott says, ‘The highest of all missionary motives is neither obedience to the Great Commission (important as that is), nor love for sinners who are alienated and perishing (strong as that incentive is, especially when we contemplate the wrath of God), but rather zeal – burning passionate zeal – for the glory of Jesus Christ.’4”
― David Devenish, Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission: Restoring the Role of the Apostle in Today's Church

“Instructing people to obey Christ’s commands is part of the Great Commission. It’s not enough to teach the facts about Christ, we are to teach, exhort, and train disciples to obey and live according to the commands of Christ.”
― Alexander Strauch, Leading with Love

“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.”
― Hudson Taylor

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

“God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.”
― Hudson Taylor

“All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.”
― J. 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

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

“God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.”
― Hudson Taylor

“God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.”
― 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.”
― 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?”
― Hudson Taylor

“The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.”
― James Hudson Taylor, Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon

“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

“I am more than ever convinced that if we were to take the directions of our Master and the assurances He gave to His first disciples more fully as our guide, we should find them to be just as suited to our times as to those in which they were originally given.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China

“my experience was that the less I spent on myself and the more I gave away, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become. Unspeakable joy all the day long, and every day, was my happy experience.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China

“Union with Christ, and abiding in Christ, what do they not secure? Peace, perfect peace; rest, constant rest; answers to all our prayers; victory over all our foes; pure, holy living; ever-increasing fruitfulness. All, all of these are the glad outcome of abiding in Christ.”
― James Hudson Taylor, Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon

“I thought to myself, "When I get out to China, I shall have no claim on any one for anything; my only claim will be on God.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China

“It was to me a very grave matter, however, to contemplate going out to China, far away from all human aid, there to depend upon the living God alone for protection, supplies, and help of every kind.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China

“God, even my God, was a living, bright Reality; and all I had to do was joyful service.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China

“Nothing humbles the soul like sacred and intimate communion with the LORD; yet there is a sweet joy in feeling that He knows all, and, notwithstanding, loves us still.”
― James Hudson Taylor, The HUDSON TAYLOR Collection, 7-in-1 [Illustrated] A Retrospect, Union and Communion, Separation and Service, Ribband of Blue, Taylor in Early Years, Growth of a Work of God, Choice Sayings

“In this way I had more than two-thirds of my income available for other purposes; and my experience was that the less I spent on myself and the more I gave away, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become. Unspeakable joy all the day long, and every day, was my happy experience. God, even my God, was a living, bright Reality; and all I had to do was joyful service.”
― James Hudson Taylor, A Retrospect

“It is always helpful to us to fix our attention on the God-ward aspect of Christian work; to realise that the work of God does not mean so much man's work for God, as God's own work through man.”
― James Hudson Taylor, A Retrospect

“One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.”
― John Piper

“If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.”
― John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life Study Guide