A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does not like that way.

There comes the baffling call of God in our lives also. The call of God can never be stated explicitly; it is implicit. The call of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one who has the nature of the sea in him. It cannot be stated definitely what the call of God is to, because his call is to be in comradeship with himself, for his own purposes, and the test is to believe that God knows what he is after.

Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God.

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.

The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.

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?

I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.