God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome.

in the will of God" is not a matter of intellectual discernment, but a state of heart... It's motto is --" My Father can do what he likes with me, He may bless me to death, or give me a bitter cup; I delight to do His will.

God's grace turns out men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not milksops.

Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.

Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift.

If ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed. I wonder what kind of finger and thumb God has been using to squeeze you, and you have been like a marble and escaped?

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .