Wishes on a birthday

A quote shared with me for my birthday:

I believe it ought to be our continual aim and desire to go forward, and our watchword on every returning birthday, and at the beginning of every year, should be "more and more" (1 Thess 4:1): more knowledge, more faith, more obedience, more love. The will of the Lord is our sanctification, and it ought to be our will too.

 Holiness by J.C. Ryle