"The mere thought of God should end all anxiety.  Then why in my case does it not?  Because I fail to carry thought to its proper conclusion.  If God be God, then no insoluble problems exist.  And if God be my God, then no problem of mine is without its appropriate solution.  There is in God just exactly what is needed to solve every riddle of life....It must follow from what has been said that the degree of a Christian's peace of mind depends upon his spiritual ability to interpose the thought of God between himself and his anxiety....For it is not our outward circumstances that can drag us down, but our own reaction of despair to them, when we fail to perceive the hidden hand of God in all events."   " The Thought of God"   by Maurice Roberts  Banner of Truth Trust  pg.6-7 

  "It is no novelty, then, that I am preaching; no new doctrine.  I love to proclaim these strong old doctrines, that are called by nickname Calvinism, but which are surely and verily the revealed truth of God as it is in Christ Jesus.  By this truth I make a pilgrimage into the past, and as I go, I see father after father, confessor after confessor, martyr after martyr, standing up to shake hands with me...Taking these things to be the standard of my faith, I see the land of the ancients peopled with my brethren; I behold multitudes who confess the same as I do, and acknowledge that this is the religion of God's own Church."  C.H. Spurgeon 

..."So, here’s my concern: Are we truly squeaky-clean? Are we free from the
charge of pragmatism? Do we condemn in our preaching what we practice in our ministries?...just to help you think it through, to provoke you a wee bit, here’s a quick Top 10 list you can use to evaluate yourself and your ministry for signs of pragmatism.
1)  If you see ecclesiology as a subset of missiology, you might be a 
pragmatist.
2) If  you believe evangelism rather than edification is the purpose of the
church,  you might be a pragmatist.
3) If  you are trying to figure out what works in evangelism and church growth,
and  you’re using resources less than 100 years old to answer the question, you 
might be a pragmatist.
4)  If  you turn to sociology and psychology rather than theology to help you 
understand human response, you might be a pragmatist.
5)  If  you think the feel of your church, the music you play, and what you wear 
makes it more/less likely for an unbeliever to believe the gospel, you might be
 a pragmatist.
6)   If  you are often counting your numbers (e.g., number of visitors, baptisms,
and  “decisions for Christ,” visitors to your website, sermon downloads, or any 
other countable sign of growth), you might be a pragmatist.
 7)   If  you feel the need to quote your numbers to establish your credibility,
you  might be a pragmatist.
8)  If you are more concerned with the opinions and comfort-level of unbelievers  who visit your church than you are with the opinions of believers in your  church, you might be a pragmatist.
9)  If  your church youth program is designed to accommodate and entertain young  people rather than teach and confront them, you might be a  pragmatist.
 10)  If  the young set the tone and determine the culture of the church, you might be  a pragmatist.  Read More...

“Now all this I put before you in simple language, believing  what I say, and trusting that if I describe your case, you will know  that I mean it for you. I have heard of a preacher who was so  fearful lest he should be thought personal, that he said to his  congregation, “Lest any of you should think that what I have  said was meant for you, I would observe that the sermon I am  preaching was prepared for a congregation in Massachusetts.” I can plead nothing of the sort! I refer to you, my Hearer, in the most pointed manner. I will attend to Massachusetts, if ever the Lord sends me there, but just now  I  mean YOU. Oh, that you  may have Grace to take home these thoughts to yourselves, for if  you do, they will, by the Spirit’s power, bring the light of hope into your souls!”--Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1891