A man too big for
temptations to conquer!
(Thomas Brooks, "The
Hypocrite Detected")
Communion with God is . . .
the life of your graces,
the sweetener of all
ordinances, providences and mercies,
the strengthener of your hearts and hands,
the soul of your comforts, and
the crown of your souls.
Communion with God makes the
bitter things
sweet; and massive things light.
Nothing like communion with God
to fence you
against temptations, to sweeten all afflictions,
and to make you cleave to God in the face of
all troubles and oppositions.
A man high in communion with God, is a man too
big for temptations to conquer, or troubles to
overcome. Souls that have no
communion, or but
little
communion with God--they are usually as
soon conquered as tempted, as
soon vanquished
as assaulted.