Thoughts

What a trite and obvious remark! The first time I heard it was when I passed on to a homely woman something for which I had no further use ...

Temptation happens to the purest; but it fascinates and imperils only as it finds a welcome in the soul itself ...

Every true servant is sent forth from the immediate presence of the Father, with all its holiness and all its grace. He is called to be holy and gracious, the reflection of the grace and holiness of the divine character...

It is generally understood that Paul here borrows a figure from the victory parade of a military leader just returned from a foreign conquest. The general is at the head of the parade, savoring the sweet satisfaction of victory.

Whatever the mind is most fixed upon, and is ever turning to, gives its impress to the mind ...

The more I love Jesus, the closer I shall walk with Him, and the closer I walk with Him, the more faithfully I shall imitate Him, and the more faithfully I imitate Him, the more I shall suffer with Him ...

The moment the eye is turned off from Christ, darkness sets in. Only when the eye is simple will this not happen (Lk 11:34), and what is a simple eye but one having Christ as its object ...

Jesus Christ is more than just King of the Jews; He is Heir to a universal throne. Into His hands the Father has committed the maintenance of His limitless glory and the carrying out of His will ...

No matter how poor we are, if we are sensible of our poverty,there is all fullness in Christ ...

A.W. Tozer said, "Our purity, our strength, our piety, and our holiness will always be only as strong as our prayer."...