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

If the providence of God reaches to the small concerns of the world, we may be sure that the greater are also controlled by his providence. Our Saviour taught that a sparrow could not fall without th...  Read More

To pray in the Spirit is to pray sincerely, sensibly, and with affection by the working of God's Spirit. No one can truly pray without his assistance. Many ask and do not have because they ask amiss....  Read More

The words of John 6:37 reveal the purpose of the Father in giving his elect to Jesus Christ. The Father's purpose was that they might come to him and be saved. This, says the Son, shall indeed be don...  Read More

The Father's love is manifest in giving us to the Son, and in giving his Son to be a ransom for us. The Father is to be adored as the one having a chief hand in our salvation. This word—Father—does m...  Read More

We have a High Priest who is so great that there is none in the world like him. He is so far beyond us, and infinitely above us, that we are but dust and ashes. Yet, he is touched with the feeling of...  Read More

Christ taught his disciples that men ought always to pray and not lose heart (Luke 18:1). The hypocrite is revealed here. He will meddle with this duty now and then, but grows weary of the work if he...  Read More

Perseverance holds out to the end—until God gives the thing prayed for, or takes away the subject of our prayer. We may continue a long time, yet at last faint when the time of answer is still protra...  Read More

To stand is opposed to sleep and sloth. Standing is a waking, watchful posture. When the Captain sees his soldiers lying secure upon the ground asleep, he bids them to 'Stand to your arms, and watch!...  Read More

The hand of providence preserves the saints from the snares and temptations of sin. That providence wards off many a dreadful stroke of temptation and puts away mortal thrusts of the enemy, is a trut...  Read More

The love of Christ and the love of the world cannot lodge together in one heart. These are two masters, ruling by contrary laws. When the love of the world entered into Judas, it is said that the dev...  Read More

Blessed Paul, now an old man, was ready to sacrifice his blood for the truth of the gospel. Here we see that hod allows his dearest children to be forsaken by those close to them. In this we are conf...  Read More

Regeneration does not consist in a mere moral reformation of life. It requires the infusion of a new, real, spiritual principle into the soul and its faculties. It brings spiritual life, light, holin...  Read More

In the beginning there was nothing in the earth that had life or any disposition towards it. The Holy Spirit moved upon the prepared matter and communicated unto it the principle of life. Since Adam ...  Read More

We need to stand in the way God has directed us to walk. We are so prone to desire another's work than our own. That which is the Commander's business is not the Private's. The service you do out of ...  Read More

While man was a lovely and happy creature, by sin he cast himself into a sinful and miserable state. Every imagination of his heart was evil continually. His mind and will were defiled. There was not...  Read More

As we consider man in the state of innocence, we can lament the greatness of Adam's fall. Here is a stately building lying in ashes. Could we avoid weeping if we saw our house on fire and our propert...  Read More

Adam had perfect tranquillity and calm in his own breast in paradise. His conscience had nothing to do, and the happy pair lived in perfect unity. They were liable to no disease or pain, and had a li...  Read More

God created man in the state of innocence, agreeable to his nature, without any imperfection, corruption, or any principle of corruption in his body or soul. When God breathed into him a living soul,...  Read More

When any soul is converted, there is the concurrence of all three persons in the Trinity. This is a subject of great moment. At the drawing of the heart to close with Christ, there is a special couns...  Read More

Satan always seeks to usurp our territory. By yielding in one temptation we let the devil into our trench and give him a fair advantage to do us more mischief. An angry man, while he is raging and ra...  Read More

We obey God's will, as the angels in heaven, when we do it willingly and without complaint. The angels love to be employed in God's service. It is their heaven to serve God. Heaven is such a happy pl...  Read More