Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

God wants to use us as He used His own Son

Our Lord’s making of a disciple is supernatural. He does not build on any natural capacity of ours at all. God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us- He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come.

Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome.

When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.

We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.