Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.

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.

Prayer need not be an activity we engage in for only an hour each morning. Rather, let us live in the atmosphere of prayer, our hearts continually being lifted up in prayer to Him.

The lesson is obvious. True missionaries concentrate on doing the work of Mark 16:15 rather than operating social-welfare programs. True missionaries serve the message of Christ, not the institutions of the church.

Faith deals exclusively with believing God and His Word.

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

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