The closet is the best study. The commentators are good instructors, but the Author Himself is far better.

Birds sing on a bare bough; O, believer, canst not thou?

The friend of God must not spend a day without God, and he must undertake no work apart from his God.

If you rest on the finished work of Jesus you have already the best evidence of your salvation in the world; you have God's word for it; what more is needed?

Blood, always precious, is priceless when it streams from Immanuel's side.

Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his best to promote separation.

When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.