There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
JOHN CALVIN
JOHN CALVIN
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John Calvin92 quotes“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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John CalvinJohn Calvin My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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John CalvinJohn Calvin 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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