He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
JOHN BUNYANOur heart often times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.
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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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Humility is the light of understanding.
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Doth Jesus Christ stand up to plead for us with God, to plead with him for us against the devil? Let this teach us to stand up to plead for him before men, to plead for him against the enemies of his person and gospel.
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The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.
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He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.
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His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.
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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?
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Great 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.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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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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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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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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Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
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Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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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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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
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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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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
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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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