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“Quietness and peace before God are more important than any influence a position may seem to give, for we must stay in step with God in order to have the power of the Holy Spirit. If by taking a bigger place our quietness with God is lost…we are living in the flesh…no matter how important the larger place may look in the eyes of other men or in our ways.”

“O Son of man, O Son of God! Whose love bought all men by his blood, Give us thy mind, thy soul’s desire, Thy heart of love, They tongue of fire. That we thy gospel may proclaim to every man in thy great name! O crucified and risen Lord, Give tongues of fire to preach thy Word.”

“The key question is this: as we work for God in this fallen world, what are we trusting in? To trust in particular methods is to copy the world and to remove ourselves from the tremendous promise that we have something different— the power of the Holy Spirit rather than the power of human technique.”

“Seeking the highest place is in direct contradiction to the teaching of the Lord… taking the lower place in a practical way (thus reflecting the mentality of Christ who humbled himself even to death on a cross) should be a Christian’s choice…doing the Lord’s work in the Lord’s way is not some exotic thing; it is having and practicing the mentality that Christ commands.”

“We speak of humility and crucifixion, but we are like the pope, speaking about being a servant of servants and then being carried on the backs of men. While we talk about humility and the power of the Holy Spirit, we spend much of our lives in the stance of Napoleon. As soon as we seek Me rather than follow the example of Christ, we are walking on the flesh rather than in the Spirit.”

“Furthermore, this feeling of need is not to be once and for all. A Christian can never say, “I knew the power of the Holy Spirit yesterday, so today I can be at rest.” It is one of the existential realities of the Christian life to stand before God consciously recognizing our need. The publican illustrates that justification requires humbling.“