A river reaches places its source never knows.

The height of the mountaintop is measured by the drab drudgery of the valley.

Seeing is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging, therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried.

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

Obey Him with glad reckless joy.

Whenever the conviction of God's Spirit comes there is the softening of the whole nature to obey; but if the obedience is not instant there will come a metallic hardening and a corrupting of the guidance of God.

Forgiveness is the divine miracle of grace. The cost to God was the Cross of Christ.