A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.
Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
Now is the hour we should humbly prostrate ourselves before God, willing to be convicted afresh of our sins by the Holy Spirit.
The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.
The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
A person who wholly follows the Lord is one who believes that the promises of God are trustworthy, that He is with His people, and that they are well able to overcome.
Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
Many confuse understanding with believing.
Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier.
He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.