Our Lord never lays down the conditions of discipleship as the conditions of salvation.

Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.'

The inattentive, slovenly way we drift into the presence of God is an indication that we are not bothering to think about Him. Whenever our Lord spoke of prayer, He said, "Ask." It is impossible to ask if you do not concentrate.

Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

God gives us the vision, then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience. Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry.

Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.

There is only One Being who can satisfy the last aching abyss of the human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.