Your state is not at all to be measured by the opposition that sin makes to you, but by the opposition you make to it.
John OwenThere is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon. It will always be so while we live in this world. Sin will not spare for one day. There is no safety but in a constant warfare for those who desire deliverance from sin's perplexing rebellion.
John OwenLabour to grow better under all your afflictions, lest your afflictions grow worse, lest God mingle them with more darkness, bitterness and terror.
John OwenIndwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified.
John Owen