God's word tells us that righteousness is a gift; it cannot be earned. But godliness is not a gift. We must pay a price to touch godliness through a daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross. God calls us to learn godliness in the classroom of life among people as we sit on airplanes and buses, walk among our neighbors and labor at our factories or desks.

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.

If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.

It is a lifelong choice to deliberately and habitually bring ourselves under God’s authority.

The most unhappy people in the world are the ones who live only for themselves.