The most important factor in abandoning our thoughts is to look in the Bible and see what God says about a matter. Then we must determine to act on His Word rather than on our own thoughts or those the devil may whisper into our minds.

The single most important hindrance to world evangelization right now is the lack of total involvement by the body of Christ.

To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.

The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

The spirit of submission is choosing His way over ours for His sake.

When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the ship captain tried to turn him back, saying, "You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages". To that, Calvert replied, "We died before we came here". Believers who have the Gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell without ever hearing the salvation story.

Every Christian in America has some minimal responsibility to get involved in helping the poor brethren in the church in other countries.