We do not pray at all until we are at our wits' end.

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

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

Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal - the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real.

If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult.

We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We cannot save ourselves nor sanctify ourselves, God does that; but God will not give us good habits, He will not give us character, He will not make us walk aright. We have to do all that ourselves.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.