It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .

Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was, viz., that of inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent to God, and the Christian must be consistent to the life of the Son of God in him, not consistent to hard and fast creeds. Men pour themselves into creeds, and God has to blast them out of their prejudices before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.

The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us. God calls us to His service and places tremendous responsibilitie s on us. He expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part. God wants to use us as He used His own Son.

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

When we touch the foundation of the reality of the good news of God, we will never bother Him anymore with little personal complaints.

Our Lord was 30 years preparing for 3 years of service. The modern stamp is to spend 3 hours preparing for 30 years of service.