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

Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.

Let me say that for comfort, there is no thought more full of sweetness than that of an eternal God engaged in Christ Jesus to His people; to love, and bless, and save them all. One Who has made them the distinguished objects of His discriminating regard from all eternity, it is the eternal God.

We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them.

The assurance of every truth of Scripture is just the beauty of it. First because He has promised to do it; and God's promises are bonds that never yet were dishonored. Secondly, because Christ Jesus hath taken an oath that He will do it.

He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.

What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self.