A Christian ought to realize what the weights laid on his spirit are. If he encounters it in the morning and does not deal with it at once, he experiences defeat the whole day long.

The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.

On at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny their soul life, deliver it to death, and then to follow Him.

Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.

Without this heart attitude it is exceedingly difficult for us to accept the circumcision of the flesh. Every affection, desire, thought, knowledge, intent, worship, and work of the flesh must go to the cross.

God not only wants to break the outer man...He wants our spirit and our soul...our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.

Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?