Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.
The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily threatens you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more. Read more. Subdue self more. Love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor to grow in grace every year, that the end of your Christian course may be better than the beginning!
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
Such true worship will stand the test of Christ’s great principle, By their fruits you shall know them. It sanctifies the Christian’s life, and makes them walk with God, lifting them above fear and love of the world. It enables a Christian to show God to other folks. Such worship comes from heaven, and has the mark of God upon it.
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
The Christianity that saves is a thing personally grasped, personally experienced, personally felt and personally possessed.
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder.
The faith that has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.
Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption.
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