Paul writes to weak saints, strong saints, rich saints, and to poor saints, because every saint has something that is lovely in them. The least grace deserves respect from the greatest apostle. All ha...  Read More

The little spark of conscience left after the sin of Adam is suffocated through a daily custom of sinning; its eyes are pecked out, its mouth stopped, and the very heart of it wounded and quenched. Th...  Read More

The Hebrew of Lamentations 3:33 has it, ‘from the heart’. God takes no delight to afflict his children; it goes against the grain of his heart. It grieves him to be grievous to them; it pains him to p...  Read More

Hallowed be your name. Christ has taught us to make this the first petition in our prayers. We must learn that the glory of God is to be preferred before all other things. It should be the highest of ...  Read More

God has engaged himself, having chosen a people for himself, and secured them from all that any can do against them. Election is as eternal as God is, without variableness or shadow of change, and thu...  Read More

Christ stands as our advocate alone before God's bar and pleads before the Father. Whatever can rightly be charged upon us, he accepts the whole charge upon himself, acknowledging the crimes to be his...  Read More

In the office of advocate, one man is empowered to plead for another before a judicial court when he has been accused by an enemy. Christ exercises the office of advocate when his child is found guilt...  Read More

In affliction God reveals the unknown corruptions in the hearts of his people: what pride, impatience, unbelief, idolatry, distrust of God, murmuring, and unthankfulness. Sin lies very close and deep ...  Read More

We are great strangers to the cross. When it comes to pass we either despise the discipline of the Lord, or else we faint by it. If affliction is moderate we are apt to despise it, but if the rod fetc...  Read More

A gracious prudent silence under the afflicting hand of God includes a holy quietness and calmness of mind and spirit. It shuts out all inward murmurings of the heart. Such a soul is submissive to God...  Read More

David looked through secondary causes to the first cause, and was silent. The sight of God in an affliction is irresistibly effective to silence the heart, and to stop the mouth of a gracious man. It ...  Read More

Zeal is like fire, ever climbing and aspiring higher; aiming beyond that which was before and aiming on toward perfection. Zeal desires more. It advances and grows from strength to strength, in and ou...  Read More

The heavenly fire of zeal has ever been a stranger upon earth. Few have felt the heat of it, and few have known the nature of it. It puts vigour and agility in the soul. Zeal is to the soul as wings t...  Read More

The most powerful means that have been employed to destroy God’s people have been rendered ineffective. Providence crosses its hands as Jacob did in blessing the sons of Joseph, and orders quite a con...  Read More

When death and hell are viewed in their darkest colours, if we have faith enough to see souls in heaven wearing their white robes, this is comfort enough, to know our souls do not die with the body. T...  Read More

Unbelievers seek their happiness in things of the world. Believers find their happiness in God. It is contrary to the nature of faith for a believer to seek peace in his earthly enjoyments. Our presen...  Read More

The glorious and infinite God, who made the worlds, and upholds them by his word, who is praised continually by his heavenly hosts; this God, has sent to you a joyful message to raise you from the dus...  Read More

God has commanded us to pray that we might be prepared to receive from him what he is always ready and willing to confer upon us. Is God our Father? This gives us an abundance of assurance that we sha...  Read More

The curse of the law condemns the sinner to death in soul and body. Nothing can free the soul, but Christ. The curse of the law is the most dreadful thing imaginable; it strikes at the eternal life of...  Read More

There is a spiritual light imparted to the soul by God, which is different from anything that is obtained by natural means. It gives us a true sense of the divine excellence of things revealed in the ...  Read More

The Most High is a God that hears prayer. Though he is infinitely above all, and stands in no need of creatures, yet he is graciously pleased to take a merciful notice of such poor worms of the dust. ...  Read More

The humble soul will bless God under misery as well as under mercy, when God frowns as when he smiles, when he takes as when he gives, under crosses and losses as under blessings and mercies. The humb...  Read More

The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin. 'To mortify' is a metaphori...  Read More

Anselm used to say, if he could see the shame of sin on the one hand, and the pains of hell on the other, and must choose one, he would rather be thrust into hell without sin, than to go into heaven w...  Read More