Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
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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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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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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him.
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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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