A spiritual Christian should welcome any burden which the Lord brings his way.

If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.

At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!

A characteristic of the flesh is its fickleness: it alternates between Yes and No and vice versa. But the will of God is: "Walk not according to the flesh (not even for a moment) but according to the Spirit."

May the things of this world so lose their power over us that we do not in the slightest wish to be 'worldly'; nay, we even delight in not remaining 'in the world.'

God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable.