Thoughts

Humility is an excellent grace. It is the empty hand which God fills. Self-conceit is weakness...

There are some people with a little measure of "position" who seem to accept all favors shown to them, and all services rendered to them by others, as due to them because of their exalted rank...

God looks for those who will allow Him to shape them into the instruments He requires to do His divine work. Clay has no plans of its own...

Do you tremble when God speaks? When was the last time you were physically affected by the reality that almighty God just spoke directly to you?..

I believe one of the chief characteristics of our sinful nature is an attitude of independence toward God...

An exalted view of God brings a dear view of sin and a realistic view of self. A diminished view of God brings a reduced concern for sin and an inflated view of self...

What a common dictate of the fallen and regenerate heart to resent and recriminate! How alien to natural feeling ...

Let the image of the lowly Redeemer be ever in our mind’s eye. His example may well speak in silent impressiveness, bringing us down from our pedestal of pride...

By contemplating Christ we learn how meekly and lowly a child of God should walk in times of worldly prosperity...

Jesus stands out for our imitation, as a grand solitary exception in the midst of a world of selfishness. His entire life was one abnegation of self...