God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them when faith presents them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-b… - Theodore L. Cuyler

The master will not keep His hand under our arms when we go on forbidden ground. Presumptuous Peter needed a sharp lesson, and he got it. That bitter cry at the foot of the stairs bespoke an awful fall. How many such are rising daily into God's listening ears.

I never yet have heard of a good man having fallen when he was trying to do Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help. Every fall without one exception came from venturing upon sinful ground or from venturing upon self-support.

Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.