Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections-thin gs over which we never thought He would have to get us alone.

Prayer is simple, as simple as a child making known its wants to it parents.

Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit.

A ready person never needs to get ready.

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.

In times of prosperity we are apt to forget God; we imagine it does not matter whether we recognise Him or not. As long as we are comfortably clothed and fed and looked after, our civilisation becomes an elaborate means of ignoring God.

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are.