As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
A. B. SimpsonHoliness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.
A. B. SimpsonThere are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.
A. B. SimpsonWe cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.
A. B. SimpsonThe sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.
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