The less of the glory of God we have, the more showmanship we need inside. -Leonard Ravenhill

How can you possibly become a Joseph without experiencing agonizing rejection and profound loneliness? -Bob Sorge

"More than a messenger, more than a teacher, more than anything else, I want to be a friend to the Lord.[. . .] A friend of the Bridegroom who delights to hear the voice of Jesus—not as an opportunity to share what I've heard, but as an opportunity to treasure it."

—David Sliker

"God delights in mercy. He gets overwhelmed with delight at the very thought of forgiving you. Let that sink in. When you come to Him in honest, sincere repentance, His reaction is, 'I get to forgive My child. I get to hold him. I get to wash him in My love.'" —Stephen Beauchamp

Paul won’t give the Devil credit anywhere. He never once says, “I’m in prison because of the Devil or Caesar.” He says, “I’m the prisoner of Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 3:1) -Leonard Ravenhill

“For they loved human praise more than praise from God.” John 12.43

Leave the fame to God. Run for your life from making a name for yourself. That tower always falls on the one that builds it. It’s just a matter of time.

There’s only one name worthy to be praised. Live for that one. If people hand you a crown, throw it instantly at His feet. -Beth Moore

As the crucifixion of Christ demonstrated the mercy of God to His enemies, so also will the consummate last days crucifixion of His Church. -Joel Richardson

He will never talk well and with real success to men for God who has not learned well how to talk to God for men. -EM Bounds

"Sunday morning church attendance shows how popular the church is; Sunday night shows how popular the preacher is; and attendance at prayer meetings shows how popular God is." -Leonard Ravenhill

God never prunes back your roots. He’ll cut back your branches repeatedly, but roots are meant to only grow longer and larger. -Bob Sorge

 “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” — Matthew 18:22, NKJV Jesus was essentially saying that His standard of forgiveness was seventy times higher than what Peter was thinking. He was teaching a beloved young leader how to keep his heart free. -DA Kisnter

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it. —A.W. Tozer

Why in God’s Name do you expect to be accepted everywhere? How is it the world couldn’t get on with the holiest man that ever lived and yet it can get on with you and me? Have we compromised? Have we no spiritual stature? Have we no righteousness that reflects on their corruption? -Leonard Ravenhill

Anything you love more than Jesus Christ is an idol. I don’t care what it is. -Leonard Ravenhill

Preaching is not a profession, God help us. Preaching is an obsession and a passion. -Leonard Ravenhill

Christ is the second Adam who will do what the first Adam failed to do—take dominion over the earth. (1 Corinthians 15:16-25) -Joel Richardson

When it comes to walking and moving with the Holy Spirit, stay low and go slow. -Bob Sorge

Paul corrected and even mocked those who had embraced a false realized eschatology in his day: "You're already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you." (1 Corinthians 4:8). -Joel Richardson

Prayer is the most difficult task in the world. -Leonard Ravenhill

Make peace with the things God will intentionally and graciously never give you. Psalm 131:2 -Bob Sorge

The more deeply you know Him, the more you’re looking for ways to be even more undignified than this. Revelation 4:10 - Bob Sorge

"Being a person of faith doesn’t mean you handle everything perfectly. It means your confidence is in the Perfect One."

—Bob Sorge

The harp in David’s hand was mightier than the spear in Saul’s hand. -DA Kistner

Your secret place reflects just how personal your relationship with Jesus really is. -Bob Sorge

Leave out the cross and you have killed the religion of Jesus. Atonement by the blood of Jesus is not an arm of Christian truth; it is the heart of it. - Spurgeon

Only if your God can outrage you and make you struggle will you know that you worship the real God and not a figment of your imagination -Timothy Keller

When we assess the origins of the New Testament concept of the return of Jesus, "The Blessing of Moses" (Deuteronomy 33) and “The Seed Prophecy” (Genesis 3:15) stand beside one another as the two most foundational and important texts in the whole Bible. -Joel Richardson

When work is your identity, if you are successful it goes to your head, if you are a failure it goes to your heart. -Timothy Keller

"The art of worship has been lost and in its place has come the strange and foreign thing called 'program'" AW Tozer