So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God. In the eyes of those who do not know God, it is madness to trust Him, but when we pray in the Holy Spirit we begin to realize the resources of God, that He is our perfect heavenly Father, and we are His children.

God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.

Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today 'the third day' and He has still not done what I expected? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get a hold of God, not of the answer.

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.

Jesus Christ has undertaken by His redemption to put in me a heart so pure that God can see nothing to censure.

The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.