There are no 'ifs' in God's Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside it.

All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father's friends. Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were all alike. That was Father's secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn't know they were there.

How rich is anyone who can simply see human faces.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.

You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.

We are born into God’s kingdom when we ask the Lord Jesus to come into our lives. But this is only the beginning.