“God wills that we should push on into His Presence and live our whole life there. This is to be known to us in...

“If we would indeed know God in growing intimacy, we must go this way of renunciation. And if we are set upon the...

“The ancient curse will not go out painlessly; the tough old miser within us will not lie down and die obedient to our...

“Let him come to God in full determination to be heard. Let him insist that God accept his all, that He take things...

“The Christian who is alive enough to know himself even slightly will recognize the symptoms of this possession...

“There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the life. Because...

“These blessed poor are no longer slaves to the tyranny of things. They have broken the yoke of the oppressor; and...

“The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The...

“The roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die. Things have...

“There is within the human heart a tough fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It...

“When the Lord divided Canaan among the tribes of Israel Levi received no share of the land. God said to him simply,...

“The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the ‘and’ lies our...

“We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few)....

“The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship, and that servile imitation of the world which...

­“How tragic that we in this dark day have had our seeking done for us by our teachers. Everything is made to center...

“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily-satisfied...

“The moment the Spirit has quickened us to life in regeneration our whole being senses its kinship to God and leaps up...

“We have almost forgotten that God is a Person and, as such, can be cultivated as any person can. It is inherent in...

“For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in...

“‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts”—Zechariah 4:6 “We don’t ever have to become...

“Without the oil of the Holy Spirit, our lives become lifeless, and our light is extinguished. The secret place is...

“God created man for the enjoyment of a walking relationship that involved companionship, dialogue, intimacy, joint...

“For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall”—Psalm 18:29 “Especially in times of...

“The heavenly Bridegroom likens us to a dove when He says, ‘You have dove’s eyes’ (Song of Solomon 1:15). To Him, we...

“One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my...

“But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.”—1 Corinthians 8:3 “Someone once asked, “Do you know God?” But...

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him.”—Psalm 91:14 “God gave His only begotten Son, and...

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come...

“When you retreat to the secret place, you are standing in the Spirit together with all the saints on the sea of glass...

“Some readers come to the Bible to gain insight or to learn truths and principles. However, coming to the Bible with...