It is a very high privilege to be conformed to Christ. What can make us conform more to Christ than a cross? 'Provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him' (Rom. 8:17). ...  Read More

It is peculiar to Christians to give thanks in adversity. To praise God for blessings, others can do, but to give thanks in danger is the highest pitch of virtue: ‘I do not see why I should suffer les...  Read More

Can a child of God in any sense give thanks for sin? No, not properly, because (1.) Sin is detestable (Ezek. 5:11) and accursed (Gal. 3:10). (2.) Since we may not 'sin that grace may abound', nor ‘do ...  Read More

The Spirit of God teaches the souls of believers this lesson of thankfulness. David's heart was tuned to the praises of God, and it is important that thankfulness is encouraged and practised under the...  Read More

Is Christ your advocate? Are you aware that an action has been recorded against you from above and what the nature of the crime is with which you stand charged at the bar of God? Have you considered t...  Read More

Christ Jesus is the advocate for all true children by adoption. Are you born of God by his Word? Have you the Spirit of adoption? Can you in faith call God—Father? Then, Christ is your advocate to app...  Read More

Christ pleads as an advocate for his people. He pleads the very weaknesses for which Satan would have them damned. 'Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?' The reason we are not totally extinct is...  Read More

Whenever you feel the least motion toward disobedience, meet it with an army of holy graces—zeal, courage, and love to God. Quench every spark that falls upon your hearts before it breaks into fame. W...  Read More

The greatest and hardest work of a Christian is the well ordering of his heart, which is unseen. A good Christian begins his repentance where his sin begins, in his thoughts. God has sovereignty over ...  Read More

We need to labour to bring our imagination unto the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. 10:5). The imagination, if ungoverned, is a wild and raging thing. Even when we are devising good things, there is still...  Read More

You need to be very suspicious about that which your flesh finds its greatest pleasure in. Not that you should deny your body all delights in the mercies of God. Pleasing the senses is neither good or...  Read More

Avoid tempting and deceiving objects, which entice your hearts away from obedience. Avoid company or worldly business that drowns out the voice of God's commands. If God calls you into a life of great...  Read More

Consider how weak you are in yourselves, and how great a need to watch, lest you disobey your heavenly pilot before you are even aware of it. O what a heart we have to watch! It is a lazy heart that w...  Read More

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