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

The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians.

People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. they are facing only one direction, 2. they can never turn back, and 3. they no longer have plans of their own.

My aim each day is to adore God more than anything else.

Our walk by faith, if it is true biblical faith, will get us in trouble.

It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply." God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace. Are you willing to enter this school? Are you willing to take the test? If you pass, you can expect to be elevated to a new level in the Kingdom. For He brings us through these tests as preparation for greater use in the Kingdom. You must pass the test first.

To know the Creator and the God of all the universe is to revere Him. It is to bow down before Him in wonder and awesome fear.