Contentment... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding.

A consciousness of our powerlessness should cast us upon Him who has all power. Here then is where a vision and view of God's sovereignty helps, for it reveals His sufficiency and shows us our insufficiency.

A natural faith is sufficient for trusting a human object; but a supernatural faith is required to trust savingly in a Divine object.

For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart.

The god which the vast majority of professing Christians love is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish for folly, but leniently winks at the indiscretions of youth...For one sin God banished our first parents from Eden; for one sin all the posterity of Canaan fell under a curse which remains over them to this day; for one sin Moses was excluded form the promised land; Elisha’s servant smitten with leprosy; Ananias and Sapphira were cut off from the land of the living.

Christ is the Divine answer to the Devil's overthrow of our first parents.

Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people.