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.
JOHN BUNYANIt is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.
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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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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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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
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Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
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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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Our heart often times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
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We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray; none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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