If we are obsessed by God, nothing else can get into our lives - not concerns, nor tribulation, not worries.

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.

In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour... If criticism becomes a habit, it will destroy the moral energy of the life and paralyze the spiritual force... Whenever you are in a critical temper, it is impossible to enter into communion with God. Criticism makes you hard and vindictive and cruel, and leaves you with the flattering unction that you are a superior person. It is impossible to develop the characteristics of a saint and maintain a critical attitude.

Our circumstances are the means God uses to exhibit just how wonderfully perfect and extraordinarily pure His Son is.

To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.

How many people have you made homesick for God?

A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.