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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

John Bunyan

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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Fall Fear God Guide Humble Need Pride
An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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Brain Devil Man Workshop
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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Day Generosity Kindness Live Yourself
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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God Provoke Temptation
You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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Choice Hard Time Inspirational Road Rough
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing
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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Comfortable Gold Mindset Quiet
Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.
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Goodness Liberty License Limitation Man
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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Defeat Exception Guard Hurt Man
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
No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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Children Degree Forgiveness God Sin
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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Grace Master Save Willing
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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Difficult Faint Fear Heart Life Offend
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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Day Judgment Result Talk
As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
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Faith Hope Strong Weakness
To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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Humble Lost Seek World
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
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Best Deep Hard Time Pain Prayer Word
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
It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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Empty Fill God Heart Open
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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Burn Heart Known Learning Prayer Truth
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
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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God Prayer Sacrifice Satan Shield Soul
The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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Gold Prayer Precious Silver Spirit Treasure
The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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Best Enough Myself Prayer World
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
He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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Death Himself Life Sorrow

Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

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