Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.

Life is what we are alive to.

God be thanked for that good and perfect gift, the gift unspeakable: His life, His love, His very self in Jesus Christ.

Unless we realize our sins enough to call them by name, it is hardly worth while to say anything about them at all. When we pray for forgiveness, let us say, "my temper," or "untruthfulness," or "pride," "my selfishness, my cowardice, indolence, jealousy, revenge, impurity." To recognize our sins, we must look them in the face and call them by their right names, however hard. Honesty in confession calls for definiteness in confession.

The Christian life that is joyless is a discredit to God and a disgrace to itself.

Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.

Prayer must mean something to us, if it is to mean anything to God.