Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior.
The very sermon that we needlessly miss, may contain a precious word in season for our souls.
A Christian is nothing more than a sinner who has found out their sinfulness, and has learned the blessed secret of living by faith in Christ.
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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.