The more highly we think of ourselves-our abilities and talents-the less God can use us.

Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

What I am anxious to see in Christian believers is a beautiful paradox. I want to see in them the joy of finding God while at the same time they are blessedly pursuing Him. I want to see in them the great joy of having God yet always wanting Him.

Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting.

It is necessary for God to use the hammers, the file, and the furnace in His holy work of preparing a saint for true sainthood. It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands but with thoughts; and an idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.