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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

John Bunyan

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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Beginning Call Grace Mindset Profit Soul
I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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Gratitude Myself Satisfaction
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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Each Other Fall Flower Garden Heaven
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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Burden Easy Load Sin Support Yourself
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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Assistance Help Medium Object Prayer
If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.
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Criticism Inspirational Life Praise Wasted
He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
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Forget Friendship Gratitude Himself Mercy
The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.
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Adversity Father God Greatness People
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
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God Himself Sensible Spirit Talk Thankful
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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Earth Greatness Mystery Name Sin World
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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Himself People Punishment Remove
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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God Provoke Temptation
Humility is the light of understanding.
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Humility Light Understand
God, as I may say, is forced to break men’s hearts, before he can make them willing to cry to him, or be willing that he should have any concerns with them; the rest shut their eyes, stop their ears, withdraw their hearts, or say unto God, Be gone.
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Break Eyes Force God Man Willing
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
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Best God World
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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God Heaven Invitation Man Willing
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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Creation Himself Ignorance Sin Visible
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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Enemy God Gospel Person Stand Teaching
I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
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Devotion God Obedience Prison Stay
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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Book Destroy Place Reading Safety Seek
To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
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Better Command Law News Run Wings Work
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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Blessing Himself Man Save Thinking
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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Easy Hit Mark Oneself Understand Word
An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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Brain Devil Man Workshop
Humility is the light of the understanding.
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Humility Light One Liner Understand
Our 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.
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Awake Heart Time Wake Up
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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Angel Desire Forever Joy Nation

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