There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth. A lying doctrine will soon beget a lying practice. A man cannot have an erroneous belief without by-and-by having an erroneous life. I believe the one thing naturally begets the other.

I am afraid that all the grace that I have got of my comfortable and easy times and happy hours, might almost lie on a penny. But the good that I have received from my sorrows, and pains, and griefs, is altogether incalculable … Affliction is the best bit of furniture in my house. It is the best book in a minister’s library.

O child of God, be more careful to keep the way of the Lord, more concentrated in heart in seeking His glory, and you will see the loving-kindness and the tender mercy of the Lord in your life.

When all else is changing within and around, in God and His mercy no change can be found.

He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.

The Lord is a good banker, and I trust Him. He has never failed me. Why should I be anxious?