R. A. Torrey Quotes

Tell me your doctrine of the Fall and I will tell you the state of your theology.

The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

Worship is adoring contemplation of God.

To win men to acceptance of Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord is the only reason Christians are left in this world.

We are not saved by denying self, or taking up our cross, or doing anything else, we are saved by simply believing in Jesus.

The man or woman at home who prays often has as much to do with the effectiveness of the missionary on the field, and consequently with the results of his or her labors, as the missionary.

Prayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God.

If we would pray aright, the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God, that we really get into His very presence. Before a word of petition is offered, we should have the definite consciousness that we are talking to God, and should believe that He is listening and is going to grant the thing that we ask of Him.

Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.