God is my personal possession, and should thus be personally known and experienced. I will never be satisfied with a distant, academic knowledge about God; nor deign to sell my dearest possession for the pottage of the world.
Seeking God himself is the greatest priority in life, and I will pursue it with fanatic earnestness. No other pursuit, earthly or ecclesiastical, will be allowed to interfere with this single great objective.
The reality of God himself is necessary to my very being; it is the most basic longing of my soul. When he seems absent, my soul is filled with a most profound emptiness that can only be filled by Him
There is no substitute for God himself, and his absence makes life an arid wilderness. No idol of earth, conception of man, or distraction of society can replace the reality of God himself or make the desert of my soul bloom
The reality of God will manifest itself with true power and glory in my life, and will not be content so subsist as a mere concept. I seek repeated manifestations of the Shekinah glory of God in my life, and am troubled when I do not see his manifest presence.
Manifestations of God are not confined to specific localities: God can show his presence just as easily in the wilderness as he does in the tabernacle. I love the manifestation of God in the public worship of the church, but I seek the very same manifestation in every place I go.
