We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must resist every attempt of Satan to palm off upon us the values that belong to mortality. Nothing less than forever is long enough for us.

God takes that which is nothing and makes something out of it. When you become a Christian, you cannot patch your Christianity onto your old life. You are to start over. Accept God's call as a promotion. Burn the old bridges and fix it so you cannot go back ; then serve God with all your heart.

Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God.

Faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all.

God formed us for His pleasure, and so formed us that we as well as He can in divine communion enjoy the sweet and mysterious mingling of kindred personalities. He meant us to see Him and live with Him and draw our life from His smile.

If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.

To pray with your fists closed means you're hanging onto something. Let it go. Open your hands to God.