…But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and [...]

Because what he writes is better than anything I could ever say, once again I give you Charles H. Spurgeon:
Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the woodworm of sadness or the smothering impact of earthly treasure, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one [...]

“Faith gives feet to the soul, enabling it to march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but it is faith that carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of practical holiness to move well; and without faith the wheels are [...]

“Comfort yourself, tried believer, with this thought: God says, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ Does not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame?” Yea, is it not a protective shield, against which the heat has no power? Let affliction come–God has chosen me. Poverty, you [...]

In this promise, God gives His people everything. “I will never leave you.” Then no attribute of God can cease to be engaged for us. Is He mighty? He will show Himself strong on behalf of them that trust Him. Is He love? Then with loving-kindness will He have mercy upon us. Whatever attributes may [...]

“Hope itself is like a star—not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.”
“Afflictions are often the black foils in which God sets the jewels of His children’s graces, to make them shine brighter.”
“How can you know that you have faith until your faith is [...]

“Now, contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and if we would have it, it must be cultivated; it will not grow in us by nature. It is the new nature alone that can produce it, and even then we must be specially careful and watchful that we maintain and cultivate the grace that [...]

“All the love and acceptance that perfect obedience could have obtained belong to you, because Christ was perfectly obedient on your behalf and has imputed all His merits to your account, that you might be exceedingly rich through Him who for your sake became exceedingly poor. How great the debt of love and gratitude you [...]

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. –Isaiah 44:22
“Let our happy gaze ponder THE NOTABLE ACT of divine mercy—”blotted out.” God Himself appears upon the scene and in divine generosity, instead of manifesting His anger, reveals His grace. He at [...]

If there is one name sweeter than another in the believer’s ear, it is the name Jesus. Jesus! It is the name that moves the harps of heaven to melody. Jesus! The life of all our joys. If there is one name more charming, more precious than another it is this name. It is the [...]