I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
JOHN BUNYANGreat sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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The more he cast away, the more he had.
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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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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let’s neither faint nor fear.
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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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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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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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Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.
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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.
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
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