There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.

Come from your knees to the sermon, and come from the sermon to your knees

I will watch over My flock by night (Isaiah 27:3). Behold, I have appointed My ministers as your watchmen, as overseers who watch for your souls (Hebrews 13:17; Acts 20:28)

While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.

A man may as well hew marble without tools, or paint without colors or instruments, or build without materials, as perform any acceptable service without the graces of the Spirit, which are both the materials and instruments in the work.

Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.

Conversion is a work above man's power... Never think you can convert yourself. If ever you would be savingly converted, you must despair of doing it in your own strength. It is a resurrection from the dead, a new creation, a work of absolute omnipotence... Conversion is a supernatural work.