Beware of making a fetish of consistency to your convictions instead of being devoted to God.

Never say you will pray about a thing; pray about it.

Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.

There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.

Doubt is not always a sign that a man is wrong; it may be a sign that he is thinking.

Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue, i.e., it is much easier to ask God to do my work than it is to do it myself. Until we are disciplined properly, we will always be inclined to bank on God's miracles and refuse to do the moral thing ourselves. It is our job, and it will never be done unless we do it.

When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has been beholding the glory of the Lord, because your inner spirit senses that he mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you. It is almost always something good that will stain it- something good, but not what is best.