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.

Never be hurried out of the relationship of abiding in Him.

Pray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer.

Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer. He taught that prayers are always answered: “Everyone who asks receives”. And He implied that prayers are answered rightly because of the heavenly Father's wisdom: “Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him”.

Beware of giving over to mere dreaming when once God has spoken. Leave him to be the source of all your dreams and joys and delights, and go out and obey what He has said. If you are in love, you do not sit down and dream about the one you love all the time, you go and do something for him; and that is what Jesus Christ expects us to do. Dreaming after God has spoken is an indication that we do not trust Him.

Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point.

Are you willing to give and be poured out until you are used up and exhausted-not seeking to be ministered to, but to minister?