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.
JOHN BUNYANThe spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.
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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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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.
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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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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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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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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!
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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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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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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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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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