The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

We have all had times...when we have seen things from God's standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there. ...[I]t is in the valley where we live for the glory of God.

We are in danger of being stern where God is tender, and of being tender where God is stern.

Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost.

The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.

God’s training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. we have nothing to do with the afterwards of obedience; we can get it wrong when we think of the afterwards. what men call training and preparation, God calls the end… if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment is precious.

Prayer is an effort of will.