O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

When we tell the story of our own conversion, I would have it done with great sorrow, remembering what we used to be, and with great joy and gratitude, remembering how little we deserve these things.

I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin!

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.

However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus' love.

As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.