When I am weak then am I strong, Grace is my shield and Christ my Song.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.

There is no attribute of God more comforting to His children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe troubles, they believe that Sovereignty hath ordained their afflictions, that Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them all.

Only he is fit to preach who cannot avoid preaching, who feels that woe is upon him unless he preach the gospel

It is folly to think the Lord provides grace for every trouble but the one you are in today.

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.