The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.

There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.

Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.

I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.

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

Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.

Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they age.