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).

The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.

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

Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.

The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.

It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.

What God does in time, He planned from eternity. And all that He planned in eternity He carries out in time.