The children of God all have a cross to bear. A suffering Savior generally has suffering disciples.

The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying.

I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question, but one is never found without the other. All justified people are sanctified, and all sanctified people are justified. ... Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you.

According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.

And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man 's soul.

I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.