O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.

People pay attention when they see that God actually changes persons and sets them free. When a new Christian stands up and tells how God has revolutionized his or her life, no one dozes off. When someone is healed or released from a life-controlling bondage, everyone takes notice.

The main thing that God asks for is our attention.

Trouble is one of God's great servants because it reminds us how much we continually need the Lord.

The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow up. But if you have both, you grow up.

I despair at the thought that my life might slip by without God showing Himself mighty in my life.

Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. If I say, "I ought to pray," I will soon run out of motivation and quit; the flesh is too strong. I have to be driven to pray.