The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.

Can any deny that in the modern church setup the main cause of anxiety is money? Yet that which tries the modern churches the most, troubled the New Testament Church the least. Our emphasis is on paying; theirs was on praying. When we have paid, the place is taken; when they had prayed, the place was shaken!

How do you learn to pray? Well how do you learn to swim? Do you sit in a chair with your feet up drinking coke learning to swim? You get down and you struggle. That's how you learn to pray.

Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, “Take my life and let it be” when you haven't given Him one ounce?

Only they who fulfill God's commands have a claim on the Lord.

Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age.

The world out there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity; it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.