The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
J. C. RyleBibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows them to have a tremendous fall.
J. C. RyleAccording to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
J. C. Ryle