Conquer Sin
 
The greatest of all blessings is to conquer sin. If we do not conquer sin, it will conquer us. But how can we get this victory? Not by turning over a new leaf, as men say. Some of you have turned over a good many leaves, and they are blotted. You can not conquer yourself without help from Christ. Alexander could conquer nations, yet died a drunkard when thirty-two years old. But Christ comes to us all; and, if we receive him, he will give us power. Christ in the heart is the only remedy for sin. It is easy to serve God when we learn to love him. The Christian does not have to give up all pleasures, but only those that are sinful and hurtful. I have more happiness in an hour than the guilty votaries of pleasure have in a week. And this is the testimony of all true Christians. Unbelief is a great sin. It is giving God the lie. It is saying, "I respect you, but I don't believe you."--Anon