The Gospel is not an old, old story, freshly told. It is a fire in the Spirit, fed by the flame of Immortal Love; and woe unto us, if, through our negligence to stir up the Gift of God which is within us, that fire burns low.
Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone-alone with God. Such loneliness is hard to endure, and impossible to enjoy unless God accompanies them. Prophets are lone men; they walk alone, pray alone and God makes them alone.
The more men pray, the less worldly they become. The less they pray, the more worldly they become. I am, of course, speaking of professing Christians at this point.
All you have to do is get in a closer walk with God and you’ll find your enemies are in your own church.
If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.
The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.
There are two kinds of people in the world – only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.
The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.
Five minutes after you die you’ll know how you should have lived.
Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?
Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent.
When you’re sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness – or you can light a candle.
I’d rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?
The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer.