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

Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.

What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.

By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.

I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.

A right heart leans on Christ, hangs on Christ, builds on Christ and cleaves to Christ.

No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.