There is principality and there is power and there is might and there is dominion and there is the precedence of one name over another, every name that is named but the Lord Jesus tops it all.

When you get down to pray, are you getting through to God? Is your heart open to the blessed indwelling Holy Spirit so that He can teach you what God actually wants to do with your life?

What is the hope of His calling? It boils down to this. God wants to see something happen as a result of His having called you to Himself. He did this with something in mind.

Interesting that Paul should pray that these people should have an understanding of what God is doing. Why? Well, because your effectiveness in any given situation often depends on whether you know what you’re doing or not.

Routine praying never moved any mountains. Routine, ordinary, habitual, shallow, thoughtless praying never produced any miracles, never healed any broken hearts, never moved anybody closer to God, including the pray-er.

I think it’s a good thing to have a prayer list and to remind yourself of things concerning which you ought to speak with the Lord. We get so burdened with our own matters that sometimes it’s easy to forget others.

All the things that human nature fails at, the Holy Spirit succeeds at. He said you ought to keep on praying, keep on praying, just keep on praying till light breaks through.

We who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves waiting for the adoption that is the redemption of our body. God isn’t done with us yet.

The word of truth means that the proclamation of God’s Word is the ultimate basis for action that we take in terms of our eternal soul.

God is absolutely perfect, eternally self-fulfilled, He never needs renewal, He never gets tired, He never gets weary, He doesn’t have to sleep, He doesn’t get worn out. God’s glory never gets tarnished.