Now the things done may not be evil or improper; they in fact may be good and godly (such as reading the Bible, praying, worshiping, preaching); but if they are not undertaken in a spirit of complete reliance upon the Holy Spirit, then the flesh is the source of all. The old creation is willing to do anything-even to submit to God - if only it is permitted to live and to be active.

Do not be impatient for impatience is of the flesh. Do not try different methods because they are useful solely in helping the flesh. We must distrust the flesh entirely.

Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.

By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!

The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not losing is itself a gain. The way to retain what he possesses is to engage it.

We should try our best to pour out all the burdens in our spirit by prayer until all of them have left us.

Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.