Of whom shall I be afraid? One with God is a majority.
God's entire divine nature is wholly and entirely in all creatures, more deeply, more inwardly, more present than the creature is to itself.
Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.
Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life.
Christ desires nothing more of us than that we speak of him.
Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge.