John Calvin on blessing
John Calvin92 quotes“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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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Satan is an astute theologian.
John CalvinJohn Calvin How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
John CalvinJohn Calvin No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
John CalvinJohn Calvin A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
John CalvinJohn Calvin We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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Music, such music, is a sufficient gift. Why ask for happiness; why hope not to grieve? It is enough, it is to be blessed enough, to live from day to day and to hear such music-not too much, or the soul could not sustain it-from time to time.
Vikram SethVikram Seth Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Lose who may-I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they!
Robert BrowningRobert Browning I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
Sonia SotomayorSonia Sotomayor It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad Ah, love, – you are my unutterable blessing…..I am in full sunshine now.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty little heads.
Thomas PynchonThomas Pynchon Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.
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