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 BUNYANTemptations, 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 BUNYANYou have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
JOHN BUNYANThough 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.
JOHN BUNYANHe hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
JOHN BUNYANIf my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.
JOHN BUNYANRiches 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.
JOHN BUNYANI found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
JOHN BUNYANWithout 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.
JOHN BUNYANHe that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
JOHN BUNYANWho 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.
JOHN BUNYANI have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
JOHN BUNYANIt is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
JOHN BUNYANThere is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
JOHN BUNYANPrayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
JOHN BUNYANI preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
JOHN BUNYANHis love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.
JOHN BUNYAN