To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
JOHN BUNYAN
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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
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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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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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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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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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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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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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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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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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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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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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