We must trust as if it all depended on God and work as if it all depended on us
The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord.
Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.
Without Christ there is no hope.
God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.
It seems to me that doubt is worse than trial. I had sooner suffer any affliction than be left to question the gospel or my own interest in it.