Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
JONATHAN EDWARDSGrace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.
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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan’s lurking places have already been found out.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
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Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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