Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.
John NewtonI am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be! I 'abhor what is evil,' and I would 'cleave to what is good!' - I am not what I hope to be! Soon, soon, I shall put off mortality: and with mortality all sin and imperfection! Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was - a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the Apostle, and acknowledge; By the grace of God, I am what I am!
John NewtonChrist has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.
John NewtonAlthough my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
John Newton