Father, we long for the clarity of Your truth to dawn upon our minds and for the immensity of Your love to grip our hearts.

Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle that only the Spirit of God can work in you. Do not turn your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow boldly in your Master's steps, for He has made this rough journey before you. Better a brief warfare and eternal rest than false peace and everlasting torment.

If truth were told, most of us spend longer each day on personal cleanliness than on practical godliness.

Consider how Jesus came from a position of glory and consistently reached out to the lowly.

There are times in our Christian life when we cannot see beyond the next step and we have to trust God.