I am convinced that the first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
– J. C. Ryle
Wobbly Christians who have no firm foothold in Christ are an easy prey for the devil.
As long as he was looking at himself, he seemed enormous, and there was no room for God at all. But once he looked to God, he shrank back down to his proper size.
Most Christians pray sometimes, with some prayers and some degree of perseverance, for some of God’s people. But to replace “some” by “all” in each of these expressions would be to introduce us to a new dimension of prayer.
If the soul of the believer is in a healthy condition, he will take occasion to frequently come into God’s presence on purpose to have communion with Him.
What if the main object in God’s idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, our endless need – the need of himself?
If the soul of the believer is in a healthy condition, he will take occasion to frequently come into God’s presence on purpose to have communion with him.
When God intends great mercy for his people, the first thing he does is to set them a praying.
The more a person loves, the closer
Just because your body occupies space in a church pew one hour a week does not mean that you worship God.