Prayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer.

Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God's perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.

I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. ... When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. ... Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world.

Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.

Narrow all your interests until the attitude of mind and heart and body is concentration on Jesus Christ.

To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.

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