The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God.

A thankful heart cannot be cynical.

Teach us, O God, that nothing is necessary to Thee. Were anything necessary to Thee that thing would be the measure of Thine imperfection: and how could we worship one who is imperfect? If nothing is necessary to Thee, then no one is necessary, and if no one, then not we. Thou dost seek us though Thou does not need us. We seek Thee because we need Thee, for in Thee we live and move and have our being. Amen.

The trouble is that the whole 'accept Christ' attitude is likely to be wrong. It shows Christ applying to us rather than us to him. It makes him stand hat-in-hand awaiting our verdict on him, instead of our kneeling with troubled hearts awaiting his verdict on us. It may even permit us to accept Christ by an impulse of mind or emotions, painlessly, at no loss to our ego and no inconvenience to our usual way of life.

Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to be.

The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.

The grace of God is infinite and beyond our ability to measure. His grace has no beginning and therefore no end.