The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.

Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those who 'overcome.' Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without a warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight.

Begin each day with private reading of the Word and prayer.

God hears a mother's prayer.

The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.