“Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two; your life preaches all the week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words from God. Luther spent his best three hours in prayer.”
![“You focus on the depth of your relationship [with God]; let Him determine the scope of your ministry” quote by Howard G. Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ade/howard-g-hendricks-7887_depth_you-focus-on-the-depth-of-your-relations_2552724.jpg)
![“[Suffering] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.” quote by Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7e2/robert-murray-mccheyne-40307_health_suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot_2543652.jpg)
