Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.

God knew what we were before conversion - wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion - weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.

He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.

A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.

In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'

What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this - that you may be able to say with the apostle Paul, before you die or meet the Lord, 'God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.'