The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

God will not be behind-hand in love to us: for our drop, we shall receive an ocean.

This kind of intense loyalty, then, became the well-spring of the IBM spirit, the family spirit as it was called.

God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear (Ps. 10:17). So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill.

When God calls a man, He does not repent of it. God does not, as many friends do, love one day, and hate another; or as princes, who make their subjects favourites, and afterwards throw theminto prison. This is the blessedness of a saint; his condition admits of no alteration. God's call is founded upon His decree, and His decree is immutable. Acts of grace cannot be reversed.God blots out His people's sins, but not their names.

If you don't genuinely like your customers, chances are they won't buy.