Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul’s enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. It is the outcome of my will being brought into subjection to the Divine will. It is the blessed assurance that God does all things well, and is, even now, making all things work together for my ultimate good.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

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

An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents.

Where sin had brought men, love brought the Saviour.

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

Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that certain events shall come to pass through the means He has appointed for their accomplishment.