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

If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, God will make you nourishment for other people.

Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken “toys,” but as our Father.

A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.

God wants to use us as He used His own Son

Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us.

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.