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I have a high priest in heaven

Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.

You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.

You will be incomplete Christians if you do not look for the coming again of the Lord Jesus

My people's greatest need is my personal holiness

One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles of earthly streams.

I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.

Lord make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be.

It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.

Rose early to seek God and found Him whom my soul loveth. Who would not rise early to meet such company?

Depend upon it, it is God's Word, not our comment upon God's Word, that saves souls.

Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are contending with the wind; so faith takes firmer hold when it struggles with adverse appearances.

For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.

A holy man is a mighty weapon in the hands of God.

Are we not all immortal till our work is done?

A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.

It is the mark of a hypocrite to be a Christian everywhere except at home.

Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.

There are many hearing me who now know well that they are not Christians because they do not love to give. To give largely and liberally, not grudging at all, requires a new heart.

The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God.

I tell you, brethren, if mercies and if judgments do not convert you, God has no other arrows in His quiver.