In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
JOHN BUNYANOld truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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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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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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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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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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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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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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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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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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Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth.
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Prayer 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.
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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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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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The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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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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I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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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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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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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!
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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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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It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
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