Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality, and the essential nature of prayer is faith.

See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.

Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.

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.

The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.

Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.