Pride takes many forms, but spiritual pride is the most grievous. To become proud of spiritual gifts or leadership position is to forget that all we have is from God, all the position we occupy is God's appointment.

It is obvious that Paul did not regard prayer as supplemental, but as fundamental-not something to be added to his work but the very matrix out of which his work was born. He was a man of action because he was a man of prayer. It was probably his prayer even more than his preaching that produced the kind of leaders we meet in his letters.

If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves.

If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will be well worn.

Each of us is as full of the Spirit as we really want to be.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

Once the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it.