Thoughts

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...

How beautifully did Jesus unite intense sensibility to sin — along with tenderest compassion for the sinner...

In great minds, there is often a beautiful blending of majesty and humility, magnanimity and lowliness. The mightiest and holiest of all Beings that ever trod our world — was the meekest of all...

How truly did the Son of God identify Himself with the humanity and the curse He came to ransom and remove...

Each has some appointed work to perform, some little niche in the spiritual temple to occupy. Yours may be no splendid services, no flaming or brilliant actions to blaze and dazzle in the eye of man...