Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
JOHN CALVIN
JOHN CALVIN
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
John CalvinJohn Calvin True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
John CalvinJohn Calvin True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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 CalvinJohn Calvin 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 CalvinJohn Calvin True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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 CalvinJohn Calvin There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
John CalvinJohn Calvin God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
John CalvinJohn Calvin
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There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.
Christian BaleChristian Bale We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
Betty WhiteBetty White If someone thinks, ‘I’ll spend the off season working on my fitness and I’ll come back a better cricketer,’ I don’t think that’s enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills.
Rahul DravidRahul Dravid I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman Any outdoor sport like volleyball can also be played as a workout.
Urvashi RautelaUrvashi Rautela I can see how people work out to feel better.
Derek JeterDerek Jeter