In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
JOHN BUNYANIt 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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Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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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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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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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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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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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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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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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
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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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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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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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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
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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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It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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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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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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