I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots; faith is the better for the sharp winter storm in its face and grace withers without adversity. The devil is but God's master fencer to teach us to handle our weapons.

Desires going before conversion are not such as can calm a storming conscience.

It is comfort to the believer that all things are possible.

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.

Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.

My dear brother, let God make of you what He will, He will end all with consolation, and shall make glory out of your suffering.

I live no more, but Christ liveth in me!