★ Little Sins!

A little thorn may cause much suffering,
A little cloud may hide the sun,
Little foxes spoil the vines,
And little sins do mischief to the tender hearts.

These little sins borough in the soul and make it so full of that which is hateful to CHRIST,  that HE will hold no comfortable fellowship and communion with us. A great sin cannot destroy a Christian,  but a little sin can make him miserable.

Christian, what hast thou to do with sin?
Hath it not cost thee enough already? 
Burnt child, wilt thou play with the fire?
What! When thou hast already been between the jaws of the lion,
Wilt thou step a second time into his den?
Hast thou not had enough of the old serpant?

When Satan cannot get a great sin in, he will let a little one in, like a thief who goes and finds shutters all coated with iron and bolted inside. At last he sees a little window in a chamber. He cannot get in, so he puts a little boy in, that he may go around and open the back door. So the devil always has his little sins to carry about with him to go and open the back doors for him, and we let one in and say, "Oh, it is only a little one". Yes, but how that little sin becomes the ruin of the entire man.

Our LORD JESUS is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw HIS hand.
As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed.

HE is the sun ever shining;
HE is the manna always falling around the camp;
HE is the Rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from HIS smitten side;
The rain of HIS grace is always dropping;
The river of HIS bounty is ever flowing,  and
The well-spring of HIS love is constantly overflowing.