Until we give God our heart, we give Him nothing at all.

Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?

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

A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.

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.

There is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord.

We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life; the love of riches, pleasures and honors, the spirit of lukewarmness and carelessness and indifference about the things of God – all must be rooted out and forsaken if we are anxious for the prize. We must mortify the deeds of the body, we must crucify our affections for this world.