The world really does not matter, but God has made it so, and so it matters in God, and He Hath Aims for it, which we cannot know without the understanding of obedience. There is nothing to do but give praise. This is my ethic of "art" and why so.

The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.

I went to America to convert the Indians, but, oh, who shall convert me? Who, what, is he that will deliver me from this evil heart of unbelief?

What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root.

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.

Second, the biblical principle of "ask, seek, and knock" is prudent advice for gaining a higher level of access.

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to heaven is paved with relentless faith.

Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.

Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

The man who walks with God always gets to his destination.