It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
JOHN BUNYANIf thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
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You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.
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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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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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The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
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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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There hath not one tear dropped from thy tender eye against thy lusts, the love of this world, or for more communion with Jesus Christ, but as it is now in the bottle of God.
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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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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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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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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
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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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What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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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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