Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is.

When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross.

If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight.

Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God. Believing, then, is directing the hearts' attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to 'behold the Lamb of God,' and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives.

What we need very badly these days is a company of Christians who are prepared to trust God as completely now as they know they must do at the last day... It would be better to invite God now to remove every false trust, to disengage our hearts from all secret hiding places and to bring us out into the open where we can discover for ourselves whether or not we actually trust Him. That is a harsh cure for our troubles, but it is a sure one. Gentler cures may be too weak to do the work. And time is running out on us.

God is never impressed with what a man can do. He is more concerned with what a man is.

To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.