But the sons of this world have not God; they have only each other, and they walk holding to each other and looking to one another for assurance like frightened children.

Prayer is the most sacred occupation a person could engage in.

I cannot recall, in any of my reading, a single instance of a prophet who applied for the job.

Let us think of a Christian believer in whose life the twin wonders of repentance and the new birth have been wrought. He is now living according to the will of God as he understands it from the written Word. Of such a one it may be said that every act of his life is or can be as truly sacred as prayer or baptism or the Lord's Supper. To say this is not to bring all acts down to one dead level; it is rather to lift every act up into a living kingdom and turn the whole of life into a sacrament.

With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack? Surely we are the most favored of all creatures.

It is time for us to seek again the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Man's lordship has cost us too much.

Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.