Chapter 2. (pp. 19-23)

"It is an absolute impossibility to be a Christian without self-denial. Whether you live in a Christian land or in a culture hostile to God's Word, you must bear a cross. The only way to avoid the cross is to follow the world to hell."

Chapter 1. (pp. 11-18)

"Becoming a Christian involves a complete re-ordering of priorities. Once self was first and God second, or third, after other men. But now my thoughts bow to his Word above my private opinions. My feelings and desires take second place to his will. I love him and choose to please him rather than myself."

Chapter 1. (pp. 7-10)

"Self-denial is a vital link between doctrine and devotion on the one hand and between devotion and practice on the other. The truth that I am a foul rebel and that God is the author of amazing grace leads to the devotional act of self-denial, which in turn must demonstrate itself in daily living."

Chapter XXIII. (pp. 336-348)

"The grand object of the Christian ministry is the glory of God. Whether souls are converted or not, if Jesus Christ be faithfully preached, the minister has not laboured in vain,"

Chapter XXII. (pp. 321-335)

"'Give not thy heart to all words that are spoken' - do not take them to heart or let them weigh with you, do not notice them, or act as if you heard them. You cannot stop people's tongues, and therefore the best thing to stop your own ears and never mind what is spoken."

Chapter XIV. (pp. 192-204)

"Remember, that God has come unto us, not to exalt us, but to exalt Himself, and we must see to it that His glory is the one sole object of all that we do. 'He must increase, and I must decrease.' Oh, may God bring us to this, and make us walk very carefully and humbly before Him."

Chapter XIV. (pp. 185-192)

"To us the presence and work of the Holy Spirit are the ground of our confidence as to the wisdom and hopefulness of our life work."

Chapter IX. (pp. 134-139)

"A people hungering after righteousness, and a minister anxious to feed their souls, will act in sweetest harmony with each other when their common theme is the Word of the Lord."

Thanks for tuning in! We'll be off for the month of November and will pick back up on Friday, December 4th.

Chapter IX. (pp. 131-134)

"We must give out of our very souls, in the words which naturally suggest themselves, the matter which has been thoroughly prepared by us as it possibly could have been by a sermon-writer;"