Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

If you are married, then accept that. Accept the husband that God has given you. If you are single, accept your singleness and take it as if today was the last day of your life. Don't be looking constantly to the future.

Muddled thinking inevitably results in muddled living

The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.