Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self-consciousl y set aside time to do nothing but pray.

...sometimes God chooses to bless us and make us people of integrity in the midst of abominable circumstances, rather than change our circumstances.

The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.

A billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.

It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father's will-and it was his love for sinners like me.

All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.

We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.