If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible.

We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we pray and what goes on in our hearts. Many of us, I suspect, have no idea how impoverished we are at this level. Let us ask the Lord to show us.

To know that nothing happens in God's world apart from God's will may frighten the godless, but it stabilizes the saints.

I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end. Faith, both in its origin and continuance, is a gift of grace (Phil 1:29).

God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture.

There is unspeakable comfort in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good.

The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.