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.
JOHN BUNYANIn times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
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Though the world disregard the society of God’s children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.
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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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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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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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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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A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.
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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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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
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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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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.
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