Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.

I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.

We should try our best to pour out all the burdens in our spirit by prayer until all of them have left us.

I must first have the sense of God's possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.

The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.

Towards himself a Christian should have a broken spirit, but towards God it should be one of rejoicing always in Him. He rejoices not for its own sake nor because of any joyful experience, work, blessing or circumstance, but exclusively because God is his center.

Frequently the burden or concern in the spirit is for prayer.