I will heal your backslidings. Jeremiah 3:22. It is God who worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13.
O my dear Saviour, I would fain believe in thee, be faithful, obedient, and work always that which is good. And since this is also thy will, I trust it shall be done; for if thou wilt, and I will, who can hinder it? True; sin, flesh, world, and devils are against it: but shall these enemies be stronger than thou, the mighty God? Shall their opposition be able to quell thy work in me, if I do not consent to it? That can never be. The more violence they use upon me, the more violence will I use upon thee in prayer; and the more I pray, the more glorious will thine assistance be. The more they hinder, the more thou wilt further, that all their hindrances shall be swallowed up by thy furtherance’s, as the serpents of the sorcerers in Egypt were swallowed up by the serpent of Moses. The enemy will fall by his own sword, and the greatest distress and opposition will turn to my good, and to the promoting of thy work. For if I do not abide in Christ, praying continually, every thing can, hinder me, but abiding in him, all obstructions not only prove effectual, but useful and profitable.
We honour our exalted King;
How sweet are his commands!
He guards our souls from hell and sin,
By his Almighty hands.
Fearless of hell and ghastly death,
We’ll break through every foe;
The wings of love, and arms of faith
Shall bear us conquerors through.