I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Resolved, never to suffer the least motions of anger to irrational beings.
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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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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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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
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Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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Nothing is more certain than that there must be an unmade and unlimited being.
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