Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!
Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only doeth wonders. He does nothing else. His hand can work nothing less.
Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes, the Cross is the tree that sweetens the waters. ‘Love never faileth.
God always gives his best to those who leave the choice with him
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
The shiny paint laid on by curiosity’s hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?
I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. ‘Lord, send me!’
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
We wouldn’t think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibility.
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women – but he can think of them as he ought – as sisters, not as sparring partners.
The sound of ‘gentle stillness’ after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores – more than abundantly – what it takes away.
What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one’s life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow’s pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.