Quotes from A. B. Simpson

We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.

If God's Word is not absolutely and completely true, it is too weak a cable to fix our anchorage and guarantee our eternal peace.

The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.

Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.

Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.

God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.

The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.

The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.

There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.

You must have faith in God.

I like to interpose in all of my appointments, if the Lord wills.

Unless I am sure I am doing more at home to send the gospel abroad than I can do abroad, I am bound to go.

Prayer is the link that connects us with God.

Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.

We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.

All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.

Help me to work and pray Help me to live each day That all I do may say Thy kingdom come.

Pray always pray when sickness wastes thy frame Prayer brings the healing power of Jesus' name.

Prayer is the ascending vapor which supplies The showers of blessing and the stream that flows Through earth's dry places till on every side "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose."

When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.

Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.

Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.