Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without sap, we are withered. Like coals without fire, we are useless. As an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted.
Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery.
Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise.
He who have two grounds of trust is lost!
I would go to the deeps a hundred times a cheer a downcast spirit.
He is truly great in who hath power over himself.
Salvation is all grace, which means, free, gratis, for nothing.
It was nothing less than a stretch of divine love for Jesus to give himself for our sins. It was gracious for the Infinite to conceive of such a thing; but for him to carry it out was glorious beyond all.
May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest.
You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.
If you delight more in God’s gifts than in God Himself, you are practically setting up another God above Him, and this you must never do.
Nothing that man can present to God by way of sacrifice can ever purchase the blessing of forgiveness.
Your sorrow itself shall be turned into joy. Not the sorrow to be taken away, and joy to be put in its place, but the very sorrow which now grieves you shall be turned into joy. God not only takes away the bitterness and gives sweetness in its place, but turns the bitterness into sweetness itself.
Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.
The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it.
Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world’s favour or gain.
Love to Jesus is the basis of all true piety, and the intensity of this love will ever be the measure of our zeal for His glory. Let us love Him with all our hearts, and then diligent labor, and consistent living will be sure to follow.
Do you resolve to do the right and to love the true, depend upon it you will get no assistance from this world. Of its maxims, nine out of ten are false, and the other one selfish; and even that which is selfish has a lie at the bottom of it.
It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until the very essence of the Bible flows from you.
The more of heaven there is in our lives, the less of earth we shall covet.