People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.
The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.
Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave-with both ends kicked out.
I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said to the Samaritan woman, 'Go call thy husband...' (John 4:16), that she really faced up to her sinfulness.
When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details.