It is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in God’s sight than to appear lovely to man’s eyes but lame to God’s.

To identify with the death of Jesus Christ means that we must die to everything that was never a part of Him.

The touchstone of the Holy Spirit’s work in us is the answer to our Lord’s question: “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” Our Lord makes human destiny depend on that one thing, Who men say He is, because the revelation of Who Jesus is is only given by the Holy Spirit.

It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is always shown in scripture to be a visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.

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

Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer.