If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns.

He said not: |"Thou shalt not be tempted: |Thou shalt not be travailed:|Thou shalt not be afflicted."|But he said:|"Thou shalt not be overcome.

Those who flee temptation should not leave a forwarding address.

Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.

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

Let us learn more about the power of temptation in order to avoid it.

The Glory of God, and, as our only means of glorifying Him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life.

God's retirement plan is out of this world.

Jesus the very thought of Thee|With sweetness fills my breast;|But sweeter far Thy face to see|And in Thy presence rest.

A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.

Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world.

It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them.

Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.

Every sermon should be an agony of the soul, a passion to beget Christ in the souls of men.

The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it.

If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning.

The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return.

Persecution for righteousness' sake is what every child of God must expect.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.

When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want?

Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?

To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.

God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.

The key is this: Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today.

We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.