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

Neglecting to bathe the ministry in prayer leaves us just workers, not worshipers. When we unite in prayer, there is incredible power.

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

For Noah, preaching 120 years without results meant choosing the hard road year after year. Nehemiah, building the wall of Jerusalem, faced constant harassment by enemies from within and without. We cannot honestly, authentically, reasonably and deliberately serve our Lord without our willingness to accept difficulties and inconveniences.

When our service for the Lord becomes so busy that we forget the Lord Himself, it is time to stop everything and seek Him.

As long as Christian life remains our life we will not understand the Christ of the New Testament. You are not your own.

Missions is not applied anthropology, comparative religion or sociology. It is storming the gates of hell. It is a power confrontation-h and-to-hand combat with Satan and his demons.