Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.

Heroes are a mischievous race.

My whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship.

Do you know how many movies I wrote when I was high?

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

They were worried we wouldn't get any radio play at all[ for "A Deal with God" ]. That's why it was changed [to "Running Up That Hill"].

an artist is always seeking revelation.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.