Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
JOHN BUNYANIf we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
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You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won’t do whatever they want, they’ll do whatever He wants.
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The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
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It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.
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Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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