J. Edwin Orr Quotes

United Kingdom, Professor
January 15, 1912 – April, 22, 1987.

James Edwin Orr (January 15, 1912 – April 22, 1987) was a Baptist Christian minister, hymn-writer, professor, author and promoter of Church revival and renewal.

Also known as Author, Writer, Minister, Promoter

Whenever God is ready to do something new with His people, He always sets them to praying.

J. Edwin Orr
- People
- God
Many ills of the Christian life are due to handicapped beginnings. Too many people are preaching a warped or truncated gospel, and spiritual birth defects are the inevitable result.

J. Edwin Orr
- People
- Life
- Christian

We don’t have to convince an unwilling God to come and refresh us with His presence. He’s for it. But, He cannot be manipulated. But when sincere hearts who know they cannot do His work nor His will without Him, humbly pray, He will answer.

J. Edwin Orr
- Work
- God
History is silent about revivals that did not begin with prayer.

J. Edwin Orr
- History
- Prayer
No great spiritual awakening has begun anywhere in the world apart from united prayer.

J. Edwin Orr
- World
- Great
- Spiritual
God Who delivers us from the guilt of sin through faith in Jesus Christ, is able to deliver the believer from the power of sin as well.

J. Edwin Orr
- God
- Power
- Faith
It is utterly impossible to divorce the story of student awakenings from the course of missions in countries overseas. From the beginning, one of the most immediate and dramatic effects of college revivals has been the recruitment of personnel for the work of Christ abroad.

J. Edwin Orr
- Work
- College
- Beginning