I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer.

May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock!

Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.

I know perfectly well that, wherever I go and preach, there are many better preachers ... than I am; all that I can say about it is that the Lord uses me.

Prayerless souls are Christless souls, Christless souls are Graceless souls and Graceless souls shall soon be damned souls. See your peril, you that neglect altogether the blessed privilege of prayer! You are in the bonds of iniquity, you are in the gall of bitterness. God deliver you, for Hisname's sake!

Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.