Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point — a great crossroads in our life.

Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it.

To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.

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 am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God’s purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.

Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today 'the third day' and He has still not done what I expected? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get a hold of God, not of the answer.