...When we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless him.

Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when he pleases, how he pleases, and by what means he pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but he will perform his work, honor our faith, and reward them that diligently seek him.

It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.

We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance upon God's all-sufficiency and the omnipotence of his might.

As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.