No man gives anything acceptable to God until has has first given himself in love and sacrifice.

It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

God is never impressed with what a man can do. He is more concerned with what a man is.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

So, it becomes the devil's business to keep the Christian's spirit imprisoned. He knows that the believing and justified Christian has been raised up out of the grave of his sins. From that point on, Satan works that much harder to keep us bound and gagged, in our own grave clothes. He knows that if we continue in this kind of bondage...we are not much better off than when we were spiritually dead.

If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be.

We should discipline ourselves to read the Word until it comes alive...until we can almost feel the breath of God.