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

No man can be a Christian by knowingly and willfully taking Christ on the installment plan, as Savior now, and Lord later.

When Christ possesses the will He keeps it fixed. The trouble comes when we take matters out of His hand and try to handle them ourselves.

An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.

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.

Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.

When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable.