The Greater The Trial, The Sweeter The

On The Ground Of Our Own Goodness We Cannot Expect To Have Our Prayers Answered. But Jesus Is Worthy, And For His Sake We May Have Our Prayers Answered. There Is Nothing Too Choice, Too Costly, Or Too Great For God To Give Him. He Is Worthy. He Is The Spotless, Holy Child, Who Under All Circumstances Acted According To The Mind Of God. And If We Trust In Him, If We Hide In Him, If We Put Him Forward And Ourselves In The Background, Depend On Him And Plead His Name, We May Expect To Have Our Prayers Answered.

God Is Pleased Continually To Vary His Mode Of Dealing With Us, In Order That We May Not Be Tempted To Trust In Donors, Or In Circumstances, But In Him Alone, And To Keep Our Eye Fixed Upon Him.

There Is An Intimate Connection Between The Life Of The Christian Here And The Enjoyment And The Glory In The Day Of Christ's Appearing.

Through Faith In The Lord Jesus Alone Can We Obtain Forgiveness Of Our Sins, And Be At Peace With God; But, Believing In Jesus, We Become, Through This Very Faith, The Children Of God; Have God As Our Father, And May Come To Him For All The Temporal And Spiritual Blessings Which We Need.

When God Overcomes Our Difficulties For Us, We Have The Assurance That We Are Engaged In His Work And Not Our Own