The first thing a man must do if he desires to be used in the Lord’s work, is to make an unconditional surrender of himself to God.
I have noticed this, that when a man is full of the Holy Ghost he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.
A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility.
It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?
We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.
No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.
The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.
Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne God has given me.
Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow.
Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.
We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.
God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Unless you humble yourself before Him in the dust, and confess before Him your iniquities and sins, the gate of heaven, which is open only for sinners, saved by grace, must be shut against you forever.
The work of the Spirit is to impart life, to implant hope, to give liberty, to testify of Christ, to guide us into all truth, to teach us all things, to comfort the believer, and to convict the world of sin.
The grand question of life is, Is my name written in heaven?
A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.
Whatever you love more than God is your idol.
If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!
A great many people wonder why it was that Christ did not come at once to Martha and Mary, whom He loved, whenever He heard of their affliction. It was to try them, and it is the same with His dealings toward us. If He seems not to come to us in our affliction, it is only to test us.
Small numbers make no difference to God. There is nothing small if God is in it.