John Mott Quotes

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• Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every…
• The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God... It takes…
• The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.
• Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.
• It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.
• Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for intercession; let the…
• The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer. Her largest victories will be witnessed when individual Christians everywhere come…
• In order to have real prayer and action to change things, we must have conviction as to the need of prayer and action. In order…
• We fail to prevail with unconverted men because of our more fundamental failure to prevail with God in prayer.
• From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God…
• Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.
• You ask me, How much time? I do not know. I know it means time enough to forget time.
• It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization…
• The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church.
• No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.
• As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys…
• Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.
• If added power attends the united prayer of two or three, what mighty triumphs there will be when hundreds of thousands of consistent members of…
• The missionary church is a praying church. The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization…
• The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?

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