Christ forever sees us! Christ always knows us! Christ daily reads and observes our acts, words and thoughts! The recollection of this should alarm the wicked and drive them from their sins! Their wickedness is not hidden, and will one day be fearfully exposed, except they repent. It should frighten hypocrites out of their hypocrisy. They may deceive man, but they are not deceiving Christ. It should quicken and comfort all sincere believers. They should remember that a loving Master is looking at them, and should do all as in His sight. Above all, they should feel that, however mocked and slandered by the world, they are fairly and justly measured by their Savior's eye. They can say, "You, Lord, who know all things, know that I love You." (John 21:17)~ J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 1, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1986], 145. {Luke 5: 17-26}

[Forgiveness] recognises the wrongdoer as a person. He has
done wrong, and about this there is no pretence. But that is
not the whole truth about him. He is still of infinite value as
a person, since every person is unique and irreplaceable by any
other. Since he has so greatly injured himself by doing wrong,
he is in special need of help, and help that can be rendered
only by the one to whom he has done the wrong.- Stephen Neill (1900-1984), A Genuinely Human Existence: Towards a Christian Psychology, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1959, p. 210

God says to the believer, as the king of Israel said to the king of Syria, "I am yours--and all that I have!" This is a hive of divine comfort! All that is in God--is ours! His wisdom is ours to teach us! His love is ours to pity us! His Spirit is ours to comfort us! His mercy is ours to save us! When God says to the soul, "I am yours," He can say no more! "For this God is our God for ever and ever!" Psalm 48:14- Thomas Watson, "The Christian's Charter"

"For this God is our God for ever and ever!" The degree of our faith is the degree of our prayer.

The strength of our hope is the strength of our prayer.

The warmth of our charity is the warmth of our prayer.-Carlo Carretto

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.-- John Churton Collins