If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper.

We must keep ourselves in touch, not with theories, but with people. We must never get out of touch with them if we are going to use the Word of God skillfully amongst them and if the Holy Spirit is to apply the Word of God through us.

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.

It is not the thing on which we spend the most time that moulds us, but the thing that exerts the greatest power. Five minutes with God and His Word is worth more than all the rest of the day.

Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive.