God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.

Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

No one will be able to rise to the magnificence of the missionary cause who does not feel the magnificence of Christ.

O, God of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant.

The wonder of marriage is woven into the wonder of the gospel of the cross of Christ, and the message of the cross is foolishness to the natural man, and so the meaning of marriage is foolishness to the natural man.

If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.

The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead.