There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the [christian] life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic.

Cultivating quietness is a missing discipline today...the quietness needed to nurture an inner life hid in Christ.

Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer?

Our error today is that we do not expect a converted man to be a transformed man, and as a result of this error our churches are full of substandard Christians. A revival is among other things a return to the belief that real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life.

When I am praying the most eloquently, I am getting the least accomplished in my prayer life. But when I stop getting eloquent and give God less theology and shut up and just gaze upward and wait for God to speak to my heart He speaks with such power that I have to grab a pencil and a notebook and take notes on what God is saying to my heart.

We are here to affirm, not to deny... when we affirm all that is God, all that is not God is automatically denied.

When we allow God to be exalted in our difficulties we are in the perfect place to smell the fragrance of His Presence.