Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself.

God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments

The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word.

Spend plenty of time with God; let other things go, but don't neglect Him. We are not here to do work for God, we are here to be workers with Him, those through whom He can do His work.

Complete weakness and dependence will always be the occasion for the Spirit of God to manifest His power.

The disciple is rich not in possessions, but in personal identity.

When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time.