This soldiering thing sadly deadens that very good thing, humanity.
Obviously you try to keep as much of your private life as private as you can.
Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer, to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.
Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.
Nowhere can we get to know the holiness of God, and come under His influence and power, except in the inner chamber. It has been well said: "No man can expect to make progress in holiness who is not often and long alone with God. "
I am Scottish. I am also British.
When I'm in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat.
A couple of years ago, my wife, Erica, and I were getting our daughter ready for school and an image of President [Barack] Obama was on one of the morning shows. And I said, oh, look, Carina, there's the president. You can be president one day. And she said, right away, that's for boys. And so right away I said, oh, no, you can be a doctor. You can be a lawyer. You can be anything you want. You can be president.
The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.
The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.
Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!