God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it.

Don't let your hopes or fears come between you and Jesus; follow hard after Him. He will never fail you.

The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us.

Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant.

When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing to live for in this world, and we are driven, by hope of the world to come, to exhibit zeal, self-denial, and industry.

If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all.

Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!