We do not make friends with God; God makes friends with us, bringing us to know him by making his love known to us... The word know, when used of God in this way, is a sovereign-grace word, pointing to God's initiative in loving, choosing, redeeming, calling and preserving.

Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship.

The worlds greatest need is the personal holiness of Christian people.

Living becomes an awesome business when you realize that you spend every moment of your life in the sight and company of an omniscient, omnipresent Creator.

Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.

Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him.

I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.