When the Holy Spirit is in full control of our lives, He will expect our obedience to the written Word of God. But it is part of our human problem that we would like to be full of the Spirit and yet go on and do as we please!

Trying to be happy without a sense of God’s presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun.

Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, "What comes into your mind when you think about God?" we might predict with certainty the future of that man.

When a man falls on his knees and stretches his hands heavenward, he is doing the most natural thing in the world.

Worship is no longer worship when it reflects the culture around us more than the Christ within us.

I do not think I exaggerate when I say that some of us put our offering in the plate with a kind of triumphant bounce as much as to say: "There - now God will feel better!" I am obliged to tell you that God does not need anything you have. He does not need a dime of your money. It is your own spiritual welfare at stake in such matters as these. You have the right to keep what you have all to yourself - but it will rust and decay, and ultimately ruin you.

Christians must understand most emphatically that the world around us is in conflict with the Word within us.