Great faith, like great strength in general, is revealed by the ease of its workings. Most of what we think we see as the struggle OF faith is really the struggle to act as IF we had faith when in fact we do not.

Unless you have already put God first, for example, what you will have to do to be financially secure, impress other people, or fulfill your desires will invariably lead you against God's wishes. That is why the first of the Ten Commandments, “You shall have no gods who take priority over me,” is the first of the Ten Commandments.

When we receive God's gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.

When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.

The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.

Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.

What we can accomplish as good as it may be does not compare to what God can accomplish