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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.

John Calvin

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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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.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.

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