Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
JOHN CALVINThe first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
More John Calvin Quotes
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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