Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
JOHN CALVINSometimes 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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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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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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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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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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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.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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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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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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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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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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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.
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