“Trying to reduce love to a feeling is dangerous. We do not have control of our feelings. They usually control us.” (7/89, “Love’s Response”)
“When we arrive at that point where our will is to do the will of the One who made us, our little human spirit is invaded and possessed by the Divine Spirit. Formerly we have been watering our soul’s garden with a hand sprinkler. Now it finds its thirst slaked by heavenly rain.”
(3/76, “A Growth That Is From God”)
“Our lives shape our beliefs just as our beliefs shape our lives. Some men cannot afford to believe in prayer because they cannot afford to believe in God.” (10/87, “Prayer”)
“The church is the chosen community of God. He predestinated it. He willed it. He does not promise to save individuals apart from it. For it is here that he creates a fellowship of faith and hope and love.”
(4/89, “A Fellowship”)
“Prayer arises out of faith and need. It lives because the sea is vast, our boats are little, and God is everlasting love.”
(10/85, “What Happens When We Pray?”)
“If I am so confident of my own opinions that I look with contempt upon any who have the temerity to disagree with me, I stand little chance of learning anything that I do not already know. If I feel that I alone am the reservoir of truth and that others are either knaves or fools, my very pride announces that I am not submitted to the Spirit of God.” (7/68, “The Unity of the Spirit”)
“The truth is that God is ever willing to forgive, but we are unable to accept forgiveness until we repent. Yet let a man find the faith to accept God’s forgiveness and he will discover that he has indeed repented. You cannot be free from sin till you accept forgiveness. Repentance is dependent on faith.” (4/85, “The Promise of Forgiveness”)