God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.

Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God.

Narrow all your interests until the attitude of mind and heart and body is concentration on Jesus Christ.

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.

What hinders me from hearing is that I am taken up with other things. It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him.

The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him.