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.

To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.

We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him.

Continually revise your relationship to God until the only certainty you have is not that you are faithful, but that He is.

The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.

Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.

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