God uses suffering and impending death to unfasten us from this earth and to set our minds on what lies beyond.


“Notice that all those who have made a deep impression on the world, and have shone most brightly have been men who lived in a dark day.”
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons

“Lord, make me childlike. Deliver me from the urge to compete with another for place or prestige or position. I would be simple and artless as a little child. Deliver me from pose and pretense. Forgive me for thinking of myself. Help me to forget myself and find my true peace in beholding Thee. That Thou mayest answer this prayer I humble myself before Thee. Lay upon me Thy easy yoke of self-forgetfulness that through it I may find rest. Amen.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God

“This earth, if we are Christians, is not our home; it is up yonder. God has sent us into the world to shine for Him—to light up this dark world.”
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons

“If you cannot come as a saint, come as a sinner. Only come!”
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons

“Christianity isn’t worth a snap of your finger if it doesn’t straighten out your character.”
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons
― The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons
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