God is the treasure, and where the treasure is, there is the heart. By this we may test our love to God. What are our thoughts most upon? Can we say we are ravished with delight when we think on God? Have our thoughts got wings? Are they fled aloft? Do we contemplate Christ and glory? A sinner crowds God out of his thoughts. He never thinks of God, unless with horror, as the prisoner thinks of the judge.

If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.

No one need worry about our getting the best of God in some bargain with him, or that we might somehow succeed in using him for our purposes. Anyone who thinks this is a problem has seriously underestimated the intelligence and agility of our Father in the heavens. He will not be tricked or cheated.

God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.

Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.

I do emphasize that we cannot just get out of the Bible a definition of the soul.

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness.