I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
Let the fires go out in the boiler room of the church and the place will still look smart and clean, but it will be cold. The Prayer Room is the boiler room for its spiritual life.
Ten million years will not put a strain on the clock of eternity.
Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken.
The secret of praying is praying in secret.
The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.