Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by obedience. To pray for revival while ignoring or actually flouting the plain precept laid down in the Scriptures is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble.

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

Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath.

As we come to the Bible, we can come with the holy anticipation of actually meeting with God.

This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in order to make up for His absence, we have to do something to keep up our own spirits.

True obedience is the refusal to compromise in any regard our relationship with God, regardless of the consequences.

Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.