God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.

But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.

Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.

If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other motive that has been so stimulating to myself.

One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance.

It matters not how great the pressure is, only where the pressure lies. As long as the pressure does not come between me and my Savior, but presses me to Him, then the greater the pressure, the greater my dependence upon Him.

The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine...Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.