The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit

The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.

Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.

But the miracle of the redemptive reality of God is that the worst and the vilest offender can never exhaust the depths of His love.

Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says--'I cannot stand anymore.' God does not heed, He goes on stretching till His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly. Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.