SPIRITUAL
NEGLECT; CHURCH: SPIRITUAL CONDITION

The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos; the church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.

Matthew 26:40–41; Acts 20:28–31; 1 Timothy 4:13–16

The Root of the Righteous, 117.