A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead.

The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ.

One thing is certain: the call of Christ is always a promotion. Were Christ to call a king from his throne to preach the gospel to some tribe of aborigines, that king would be elevated above anything he had known before. Any movement toward Christ is ascent, and any direction away from Him is down.

If Jesus Christ isn't the central figure in our lives and in our churches, we're only fooling ourselves.

I don't want the world to define God for me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God to me.

O God and Father, I repent of my sinful preoccupation with visible things. The world has been too much with me. Thou hast been here and I knew it not. I have been blind to Thy Presence. Open my eyes that I may behold Thee in and around me. For Christ's sake, Amen.

The KEY to disciplining ourselves in the area of obedience is always keeping in mind to whom we are being obedient.