Our spiritual life cannot be measured by success as the world measures it, but only by what God pours through us- and we cannot measure that at all

The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word.

Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.

Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.

God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. True surrender is a matter of being 'united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death' (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him. And after you surrender--then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.

Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.