Deliverance can come to us only by the defeat of our old life. Safety and peace come only after we have been forced to our knees. God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.

The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.

All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him.

Faith in faith is faith astray.

The fruit is what really matters, not how gnarly or beautiful the apple tree is.

The Christian gospel is a message of freedom through grace and we must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. But what shall we do with our freedom? The Apostle Paul grieved that some of the believers of his day took advantage of their freedom and indulged the flesh in the name of Christian liberty. They threw off discipline, scorned obedience and made gods of their own bellies.

A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead.