Never allow yourself to give utterance to doubt or discouragement; for words always react on the mind, and tend to deepen the impression of the thought which they express.
To say of a thing that God's Word has led you to pray for, "But I haven't got it yet," in a tone that implies a doubt as to its ever coming, is the same in effect as to say: "My Lord delays His coming." (Matthew 24:48)
Don't ever admit the shadow of the possibility of failure. Know that you cannot think of anything too great for God to give you.
Abraham had to wait twenty-five years for Isaac after God had promised him a son. A year before Isaac was born there was not the slightest indication that the long time of waiting was nearing its end. What a sad thing it would have been if Abraham had lost faith then. "We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end." (Hebrews 3:14)--Present Truth, May 22, 1902--Original title: Back Page.