We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray; none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.
JOHN BUNYANNothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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Though the world disregard the society of God’s children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.
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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
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As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
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It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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