To increase your obedience to the Lord, keep your eye upon his greatness and continual presence and providence. This will keep you in an obedient frame of mind. So great a God cannot be disobeyed with...  Read More

In our prosperity we love earthly blessings and dote upon things in this world as if our happiness and comfort were bound up in them. In the day of adversity God convinces us of our mistake, and cause...  Read More

Sin is always very sinful, but in our prosperity we are not so aware of it. The dust of the world fills our eyes that we cannot see it clearly. God frequently uses affliction to teach his children the...  Read More

God is your sovereign king. It is your happiness to obey and please him. Labour therefore to bring your soul into absolute subjection to him: to make it your delight to sincerely and exactly obey his ...  Read More

Satan’s kingdom is a powerful kingdom. His forces are formidable, and are designed against God and man. Though fallen, they are yet angels, and have the power and authority of angels. If we get a prop...  Read More

Is Christ your Prince? This calls for your loyal and faithful service to Christ—who has saved you from Satan's bondage. He has broken Satan's power over you and is able to defend you from his wrath. I...  Read More

God speaks with sinners through his messengers. They come for God's purpose, and their words, counsels, exhortations, and reproofs are his. When sinners reject the words which God's ministers bring in...  Read More

The Christian's state in this life is described as wrestling. It is a solitary battle, a one against one fight. The Christian's life is a continual warfare and so he needs a sword as much as a trowel....  Read More

Satan shall never vanquish a soul that is armed with true grace. True saints, who have been sifted by the enemy, will at last come off with an honourable victory. The Holy Spirit who led Christ into t...  Read More

God’s saying, is God’s doing. His promises are one with his performance of them. He is just as willing to perform as to promise. There is no distance between his saying and doing, as among men. This c...  Read More

By faith you can extract the comfort of a promise from most scriptures. There are innumerable types and implied promises that we can apply. A life of faith lives in the strength of a promise. Faith re...  Read More

When the spirit of a man is set about a work he will do it with purpose. When the heart is drawn out with vehement desires for the grace it prays for, it prays with fervency. The attributes of God cal...  Read More

How shall we remedy our wandering thoughts in prayer? (1.) We must wait upon him for the power of his grace. As long as his love and grace are powerful in us, we are kept in a lively, heavenly frame. ...  Read More

Distractions of thought haunt us in prayer. We are set to seek God, but it is impossible to shut the windows to keep out all of the wind. If distractions are resisted, God will gather up the broken fr...  Read More

Affliction teaches us to prize and long for heaven. In our prosperity we are content with the present world and say with the disciples, 'It is good that we are here.' While life is sweet, death is bit...  Read More

Our own sufferings give us a partial insight into the sufferings of Christ Jesus. In our prosperity we pass by the cross. The story of Christ's passion stirs our hearts for him, but the pity and passi...  Read More

In affliction God teaches us to redeem the time. When life is tranquil, how many golden hours we throw down the stream that we shall never see again. Who is there that knows how to value time at its t...  Read More

There are rocks and quicksands that faith must take the utmost care to avoid. (1.) Watch for distracting cares (Phil. 4:6). God who feeds the sparrow will provide. (2.) Watch carnal counsel, and do no...  Read More

Times of adversity are seasonable times to trust in God. When we have no bread to eat, or water to drink, but only afflictions and astonishments, this is a time not for over-grieving, murmuring, sinki...  Read More

We should carefully trust God in times of prosperity. When we sit under the warm beams of a meridian sun, wash our steps in butter, and our feet in oil, when the candle of the Lord shines on our taber...  Read More

We may build our trust in God through the consideration of his precious promises. This is the bottle that faith keeps by her side to revive her in a day of swooning. The Greek in the above passage has...  Read More

God’s almighty arm is stable ground upon which saints may securely build their trust. His omnipotent hand spans the heavens (Isa. 40:12). He is strong and mighty (Psa. 24:8) and created the world with...  Read More

The Lord Jehovah should be the sole object of a believer's trust. In stormy and tempestuous seas we must come to this rock for a refuge (Isa. 26:4). When the sun burns hot, Jonah's gourd will prove in...  Read More

It is the indispensable duty of believers at all times to trust in the Lord alone. This holy confidence can be tuned to the highest notes of the musical scale. A confident soul moves in a higher orbit...  Read More