The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
What would you expect? Sin will not come to you saying, ‘I am sin.’ It would do little harm if it did. Sin always seems ‘good, pleasant and desirable’ at the time of arrival.
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
If you profess to be a child of God, leave it to the Lord Jesus to sanctify you in His own way.
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this – that you may be able to say with the apostle Paul, before you die or meet the Lord, ‘God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.’
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
No person ever thought too much of Christ.
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.