Faith is the inborn capacity to see God behind everything.

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.

It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God's work in our own way.

We have become so self-centered that we go to God only for something from Him, and not for God Himself.

A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be.

Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have, Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship.