NEVER forget God's nature; God is love. Never forget that He "is no respecter of persons;" that He loves you just as truly as He loved Paul or Luther or Wesley. In Christ Jesus He loves you as He loves His Son.
Never forget that "He delighteth in mercy;" that He "taketh pleasure" "in those that hope in His mercy."
Never forget that Jehovah has sworn by His very life that He has "no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his evil way and live."
Never forget that it is He who says: "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon."
Surely, with all these assurances and many more, the Christian need never be discouraged. Nay, more, no man need ever be discouraged. If the man be not a Christian, God will make him one, if he so desires; and in covenant relation with Christ, all the promises are his.
O, there is no god like our God, Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, Friend. He will never cast you off as long as there is hope; then why should you reject Him? With Him only is "the fountain of life." "The Spirit and the bride say, Come."
In all the dark, hard places of life, never forget the goodness, the love, the mercy, the power, of God.