No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.

The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.

When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him.

Give up the struggle and the fight; relax in the omnipotence of the Lord Jesus; look up into His lovely face and as you behold Him, He will transform you into His likeness. You do the beholding - He does the transforming. There is no short-cut to holiness.

When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.

We will only advance in our evangelistic work as fast and as far as we advance on our knees. Prayer opens the channel between a soul and God; prayerlessness closes it. Prayer releases the grip of Satan's power; prayerlessness increases it. That is why prayer is so exhausting and so vital. If we believed it, the prayer meeting would be as full as the church.

For every discouragement has been allowed to come to us in order that through it we may be cast in utter helplessness at the Saviour's feet.