At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.

Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God

Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see.

If grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.

If we cannot claim to live sinless lives, then the only thing that can keep us from despairing before a holy God is that we have an Advocate in heaven and He pleads our case not on the basis of our perfection but of His propitiation.

It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn't do good to His children sometimes and bad to them other times. He keeps on doing good and He never will stop doing good for ten thousand ages of ages. When things are going bad that does not mean God has stopped doing good. It means He is shifting things around to get them in place for more good, if you will go on loving Him.