21 Quotes by S. D. Gordon

Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.

The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.

Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces.

Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.

Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one’s self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.

Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.

If there are two persons praying, there are three. If three meet to pray, there are four praying. There is always one more than you can see.

Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the “all things” beside, as an important detail of the whole.