We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.

Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.

Don't marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime.

Life is precarious, and life is precious. Don't presume you will have it tomorrow, and don't waste it today.

Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief.

God's greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of His grace by making sinners happy in Him.

Isn't it ironic that today people say, 'If you know the love of God, you don't have to worry when you go on in sin.' But the apostle John said, 'If you know the love of God, you won't be able to go on in sin.'