“He who follows the Lamb has once and for all given up his own will, his own ways. He has no purposes and interests of his own. He allows his Shepherd to cancel his own wishes and plans. He observes and understands that on this way there is no longer room for a self-possessed life.” 
~G. Steinberger~

     "It is greatly to be feared that much of the popularity with which the premillennial and  imminent coming of Christ has been recieved, may be attributable to a carnal dread of death: a strong appeal is made to the flesh when people can be persuaded that they are likely to escape the grave."     ~A.W. Pink~

     “God has decreed that the general state of His people on earth shall be one of
hardship, opposition, persecution. First, to arouse us to spiritual diligence. Second, to wean us from the world: because there is that in us which still loves the world. Third, to conform us more fully unto the image of Christ.” ~A.W. Pink~

     “Is not strength to bear a burden as much an answer to prayer as its removal? Is not grace to persevere in supplication, amid surrounding gloom, as much a proof of our savior’s faithfulness as if the sunshine dispersed the darkness?  May not a still deeper sense of our vileness and helplessness be an answer to prayer for spiritual growth, still more valuable at some seasons that even the joy and peace we coveted?”      -Newman Hall-

  "When the heavy weight of God's conviction of sin rests upon you; take heed! It is a humbling, a humiliation and may be quite painful, but it is very necessary. Obey His voice, for afterwards it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness."

     “God is in no hurry, and it is required of us that “he that believeth shall not make haste.” But we find it much harder to wait than we do to believe: that is probably the weakest spot in our armour, and the point at which we fail most frequently.”      ~A.W. Pink~

     “If it was part of the sacred discipline of the Incarnate Son that He should observe frequent seasons of retirement, how much more is it incumbent on us, broken as we are and disabled by manifold sin, to be diligent in the exercise of private prayer.”     ~David MacIntyre~

  "Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ at my right, Christ at my left, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me."    ~an old Irish hymn~

     “The servant and obedience are as inseparably linked together as the workman and work. Many today talk about their service for Christ as though He needed their assistance, as though His cause would not prosper unless they patronized and furthered it - as though the holy ark must inevitably fall to the ground unless their unholy hands uphold it. This is all wrong - the product of Satan-fed pride. What is so much needed by us is service to Christ - submission to His yoke, surrender to His will, subjection to His commandments. Any “Christian service” other than walking in His precepts is a human invention, fleshly energy, “strange fire.”    ~A.W. Pink~

    “He who follows the Lamb cannot expect to be understood by all. There are ways in which the believer must walk alone with his God.”   ~G. Steinberger~

     "I used to think that a 'mature' Christian would be able to bear great burdens, handle difficulties easily and always have the right words to say. But I have come to see that this is self-reliance. One who is mature in faith is increasingly dependant on the Lord in all things. They are increasinly aware of their sinfulness and shortcomings. They are increasingly humbled and broken. It is then that Christ is seen and not self. This is a 'mature' Christian."

   “If the motive behind our praying proceeds from nothing higher than self, we must expect to be denied. Only when we truly ask for that which will promote God’s glory, do we ask aright.”
~A.W. Pink~

     “As we advance in grace, as we become accustomed to hold our lightest thought or feeling within the piercing illumination of the Divine purity, as we open the most hidden recesses of our being to the gracious influences of the good Spirit of God, we are led into a profounder understanding of the sinfulness of inbred sin.”    ~David MacIntyre~