It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
JOHN BUNYANTo pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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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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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
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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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To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
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I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.
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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 fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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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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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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I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
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I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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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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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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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
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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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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
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