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 CALVINIf 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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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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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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