God Wishes To Be Seen,

One Of The Great Misconceptions About Spiritual Growth That Develops In A Lot Of Churches Is That Information Alone Is Adequate To Produce Transformed Human Beings. So If We Want To Have A Church Of Spiritually Mature People, Let's Just Keep Cramming More And More Information Into Them... Information Alone Is Not Adequate For The Transformation Of The Human Personality.

Peace Does Not Lie In Getting God To Give Me Other Circumstances. Peace Lies In Finding God In These Circumstances.

The Entire Life Of Jesus Isn't The Story Of Somebody Climbing Up A Ladder; It's A Picture Of Someone Coming Down-a Series Of Demotions. The Problem With Spending Our Lives Climbing Up The Ladder Is That We Will Go Right Past Jesus, For He's Coming Down.

God Is Never A God Of Discouragement. When You Have A Discouraging Spirit Or Train Of Thought In Your Mind, You Can Be Sure It Is Not From God. He Sometimes Brings Pain To His Children-conviction Over Sin, Or Repentance Over Fallenness, Or Challenges That Scare Us, Or Visions Of His Holiness That Overwhelm Us. But God Never Brings Discouragement.

Prudence Is Not Hesitation, Procrastination, Or Moderation. It Is Not Driving In The Middle Of The Road. It Is Not The Way Of Ambivalence, Indecision, Or Safety.