If this is a real work for God it is a real conflict with Satan.

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

When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. When Jesus reigns, there is rest.

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

The harvest here is indeed great, and the laborers are few and imperfectly fitted, without much grace, for such a work. And yet grace can make a few feeble instruments the means of accomplishing great things - things greater even than we can conceive.

Consider six or eight hours a day sacred to the Lord and His work, and let nothing hinder your giving this time (to language study and practice) till you can preach fluently and intelligibly.

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.