The Bible pray-ers prayed as if their prayers could and would make an objective difference.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God’s work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

“palms down, palms up.” Begin by placing your palms down as a symbolic indication of your desire to turn over any concerns you may have to God.

The moment we feel we can succeed and attain victory over sin by the strength of our will alone is the moment we are worshiping the will.

Meditation is devotional; study is analytical.

Comprehension then is the third step in the Discipline of study.

God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us.

The mind is renewed by applying it to those things that will transform it.

In contemporary society our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds.