The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in his motives, having been made good by the supernatural grace of God.

The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.

So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God. In the eyes of those who do not know God, it is madness to trust Him, but when we pray in the Holy Spirit we begin to realize the resources of God, that He is our perfect heavenly Father, and we are His children.

Seeing is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging, therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried.

Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?

To choose suffering makes no sense at all; to choose God's will in the midst of our suffering makes all the sense in the world.

Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.