Don't ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future.

The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.

Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope - Jesus Christ is not defective in any way whatsoever. But the view from the struggling Christian's heart of their objective hope could be obscured by disease and pain, the pressures of life, and by Satanic fiery darts shot against them... All discouragement and depression is related to the obscuring of our hope, and we need to get those clouds out of the way and fight like crazy to see clearly how precious Christ is.

The main reason God has given us minds is that we might seek out and find all the reasons that exist for treasuring him in all things and above all things.

We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites.

The assurance of the believer is not that God will save him even if he stops believing, but that God will keep him believing--God will sustain you in faith, he will make your hope firm and stable to the end. He will cause you to persevere.

When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!