A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.

Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.

The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and oneness with Him.

Prayer is an effort of will.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.

We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.