None who are shod with fleshly shoes can stand on the holy ground of God's service. Many failures and much waste and confusion which have resulted are due to men's coming to work, instead of being sent out to work.

Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old man has been crucified with him."

Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God's work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.

May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.

People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.