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

Do we prefer the glory of God? Consider these marks: (1.) Are we content with loss, provided the name of God may gain respect in the world; so that he may be magnified no matter what becomes of us and...  Read More

In worldly concerns, men discern their opportunities, and are careful to improve them before they are past. The farmer is careful to plough his ground and sow his seed in the proper season. When the h...  Read More

The Lord Jesus Christ with all his precious benefits, becomes ours by his special and effectual application. When the efficacy of Christ's death and resurrection are effectively applied to the heart o...  Read More

Since Christ Jesus is the great prophet and teacher of the church, we may, therefore, discern and judge our doctrines by his standard. Christ may serve as a measurement to test them. As Christ is in h...  Read More

Jesus Christ was appointed by God to be the great prophet and teacher of the church. He can reveal to the world with authority the secrets that lay in the heart of God. He brought his doctrine from th...  Read More

It is the Lord who bestows upon us freely and graciously the good things of this life. He is interested in the common mercies we enjoy. God gives them since he is the absolute Lord of heaven and earth...  Read More

Since God is eternal and he is our covenant God, we have an eternal possession. We shall traverse the world a while, and then arrive at the blessings of the everlasting hills (Gen. 49:26). If a man's ...  Read More