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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

John Calvin

Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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Faith Ourselves Spiritual
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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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
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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Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember
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.
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Forever Glory God Justice Mercy Punishment Race Sin
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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Experience Joy Meditation Recognition Sorrow Suffering
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
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.
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Beyond God Greatness Human Understand
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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Animal Book Oneself Path Religious Voice
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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Act Believe Book Faith Fools God Religious Word
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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Adversity Dangerous Doubt Men Praise Prosperity Success
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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Alone Faith Justice Religious Wisdom
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

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