“…the disciples, who after his death will have a “time of grief” that will turn in to you that “no one will take away” when they see the resurrected Jesus. Nothing the world can do in the way of persecution can rob them of the joy of resurrection, beginning with that of Jesus himself and then resulting from his resurrection as a “firstfruits” (1 Cor. 15:20,23), guaranteeing their own future rising from the dead.”

“Much modern prayer, even by serious Christian people, is useless and ineffective because the people involved approach God thinking that he is obliged to grant their requests because of something they have themselves done for him.”