There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.

Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.

Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.

Faith doesn't wait until it understands; in that case it wouldn't be faith.

If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.

It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.

Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.