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!
JOHN BUNYANI come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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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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A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
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Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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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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As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
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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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Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.
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