Don Bennett

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.   Lamentations 3:26

The main purpose of prayer is not to make life easier, not to gain magical power, but to know God.   Philip Yancey

Godliness doesn’t just happen. Cooperation with the Holy Spirit and effort are required.

Spiritual growth doesn't require a budget. It requires faithfulness to the process of becoming like Christ exposed in the Scriptures.   Dallas Willard

Spiritual formation is the Spirit-driven process of forming our inner self into the inner being of Christ.   Dallas Willard

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word, I hope.   Psalm 130:7 (ESV)

Rest is a primary mark of the condition of Sabbath in the body.   Dallas Willard

Prayer is more than we could ever imagine because God is so much beyond what we can conceive.   David Benner

Ideas are like the unseen part of an iceberg. Dallas Willard

To serve God well, we must think straight; crooked thinking, unintentional or not, always favors evil.   Isaac Watts

Notice your longing for God. Don't lose sight of this. It is the leash by which God draws you.   David Benner

Prayer is the soul's native language.    David Benner

We cannot grow in prayer without some measure of effort, discomfort, self discipline, and self denial.   Pete Greig

Ideas, whether conscious or not, govern our lives.   Dallas Willard

Our spiritual life will be no deeper than our capacity to pay attention to God.   David Benner

Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.   Philip Yancey

The ordered times of prayer were oriented about meditating on psalms, other Scriptures, singing hymns, and asking for the Spirit's guidance.   Thomas Oden

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word, I hope.   Psalm 130:7 (ESV)

It still matters whether wrongdoers show signs of remorse, because genuine remorse tells us something very deep about the individual.   Dallas Willard

For God alone my soul waits in silence.   Psalm 61:1 (ESV)