We should have such a faith to substantiate our hopes and to check sensuality, for we find the corrupt heart of man is all for present satisfaction. Though the pleasures of sin are short and inconsid...  Read More

Our God is a safe portion, a secure portion. He is a portion that no one can rob you of. He is a portion that no one can touch or take from you. He is a portion that no one can cheat or spoil you of....  Read More

When Christ became our sacrifice, he bore away our sins. The word ‘to bear’ is a full and emphatic word, signifying not only to bear, but to bear away. This is a real purging of sin. How great a merc...  Read More

The Spirit of holiness in us is God seal upon us signifying that we are his. He is the earnest of the glory to come. Great care must now be taken to make him the principle of all our operations and t...  Read More

There seems to be a secret opposition between our name and the name of God. When we come to pray, we should distinctly remember whose name is to be glorified, so that God may be at the end of every ...  Read More

O how little do we aim at the glory of God and regard it in our prayers! We should seek it not only above the profits and pleasures of this life, but even above life itself. But alas, since the fall,...  Read More

Saints should consider the power of God as available for them. They should impress it upon their souls until all their doubts and fears are silenced. We may count this attribute our portion and reap ...  Read More

It is the saints’ duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that his almighty power is engaged for our defence and help in all of our stra...  Read More

One of Satan's devices to draw the soul into sin is to present the bait, and hide the hook; to present the golden cup, and hide the poison; to present the sweet, and the pleasure, but hide from the s...  Read More

Having exhorted the saints at Ephesus to a holy resolution and courage in their warfare, the apostle leads them out of themselves unto his almighty strength. The strength of every saint lies in the L...  Read More

If you have sincerely given yourself up to God, and consented to his covenant, show it, by turning the face of your endeavors and conversation quite another way; seek heaven more fervently and dilige...  Read More

Have you taken God for your happiness? Where does the desire of your heart lie? What is the source of your greatest satisfaction? Come then, and with Abraham lift up your eyes eastward, and westward,...  Read More

The new man takes a new course. His conversation is in heaven. No sooner does Christ call one by effectual grace, but he immediately becomes a follower of Christ. When God has given him a new heart, ...  Read More

This life is not to be valued but as it yields opportunities to glorify God. We were not sent into the world to live for ourselves, but for God. If we could make ourselves, then we could live for our...  Read More

Holiness is required, that we may not be a disgrace to God and a dishonour to him. The sin of God's people stains his honour and profanes his name. When men profess to be a people near God, and live ...  Read More

There is in each of us an envy; O how hard a matter it is to rejoice in the gifts, graces, and labours of others, and be content in circumstances, when God casts us by as unworthy, and uses others to...  Read More

As you seek the prosperity of this society, it is of vast importance that you should avoid contention. A contentious people will be a miserable people. The contentions that have been among you, since...  Read More

Jesus appears before God for us—representing us continually before his Father—and mark: not only has Jesus this liberty to enter into heaven, but all the saints, and that not only at death but in the...  Read More

Consider the excellencies of the knowledge of Christ. The comforts of believers are streams from this fountain. Jesus Christ is the object of a believer's joy. Take away the knowledge of Christ, and ...  Read More

Until we get our hearts out of the world, how easily our hearts are carried away with the thoughts of earthly concerns. Until we can separate and purge our spirits, how we mingle our prayers with man...  Read More

The believer is to persevere in his Christian course to the end of his life. We have known many who have gone into the field, and liked the work of a soldier for a battle or two, but soon have had en...  Read More

The closet and solitary prayer is a necessary duty, and a profitable one. It does much for the enlargement of the heart. When a man seeks to deal most earnestly with God, he should seek retirement, a...  Read More

Do not be discouraged at the difficulties and oppositions that will rise up before you when you begin resolvedly to walk with God. Discouragements turn multitudes from religion, and provide a great t...  Read More

The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead carried Paul through temptations and confusion in the tempests of life. When we rise and live we shall be changed into a far more glorious state than when...  Read More