The very heart and root of sin is in an independent spirit. We erect the idol self; and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves. - Richard Cecil

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: — they acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced in His will in all things.

I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God. I find the Bible written in the style of His other books of Creation and Providence. The pen seems in the same hand. I see it, indeed, write at times mysteriously in each of these books; thus I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.