Quotes from Merlin R. Carothers

For our praise to reach the perfection God wants for us, it needs to be free of any thoughts of reward.

Praising God with a pure heart means we must let God cleanse our hearts from impure motives and hidden designs. We have to experience the dying to self so that we can live again in Christ in newness of mind and spirit. Dying to self is a progressive journey, and I have come to believe it is traveled only through praise.