If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome.

Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.

God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.

The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.

Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

I have to learn that the aim in life is God's, not mine. God is using me from His great personal standpoint, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him, and never say — Lord, this gives me such heart-ache.