I sometimes think that the very essence of the whole Christian position and the secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things... I must have complete, absolute confidence in God and no confidence in myself."

If you doubt your sins have been forgiven, that in itself is sin.

There is a very real danger of our putting our faith in our sermon rather than in the Spirit. Our faith should not be in the sermon, it should be in the Holy Spirit Himself.

The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.

If you can explain what is happening in a church, apart from the sovereign act of God, it is not revival.

If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.

I will not glory, even in my orthodoxy, for even that can be a snare if I make a god of it... Let us rejoice in Him in all His fullness and in Him alone.