The call of God creates sight in us. It's the work of God in our hearts to awaken us before his word.

If you are sufficient for your task, it's too small.

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

Exultation that does not flow from education, affections that do not flow from knowing, savoring that does not flow from seeing, feeling that does not flow from thinking - are hollow and rootless - noisy gongs and clanging cymbals. And God is not glorified by artificial and empty passions. True delight is rooted in true doctrine. God-centered exultation is rooted in God-centered education.

The suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction of our faith, and governed by God for the purifying of our faith... Christ sovereignly accomplishes His loving, purifying purpose, by overruling Satan's destructive attempts. Satan is always aiming to destroy our faith; but Christ magnifies His power in weakness.

God is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people.

You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.