John Bunyan on grace
John Bunyan118 quotes“Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.”
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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!
John BunyanJohn Bunyan What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Hope is never ill when faith is well.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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