See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.

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

Obey Him with glad reckless joy.

We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do.

How many people have you made homesick for God?

No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.

And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.