I never yet have heard of a good man having fallen when he was trying to do Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help. Every fall without one excep… - Theodore L. Cuyler

As a child walking over a slippery and dangerous path cries out, "Father, I am falling!" and has but a moment to catch his father's hand, so every believer sees hours when only the hand of Jesus comes between him and the abysses of destruction.

"Arise, take up thy bed and walk." You are on your bed now. You put yourself there by your own sin. You have kept yourself there by your own choice. Every sinner is a sinner because he chooses to be; and you are no exception. Jesus commands you to repent and trust Him and follow Him. The moment you are willing to obey, He gives you strength to obey.

One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him.