“As a young man I must have tried a dozen techniques that people said were sure to guarantee a measure of passion that would transport me above the ordinary and ineffective. In each case I eagerly embraced whatever it was I was supposed to do or say. But the results, if any, were short lived, and what I discovered was that there are no shortcuts, no gimmicks, no easy way to cultivate intimacy with God and attain the resulting passion that should carry one through life’s journey.”

Gordon MacDonald, Restoring Your Spiritual Passion