I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
JOHN BUNYANA saint abroad, and a devil at home.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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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 live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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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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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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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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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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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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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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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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