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.
JOHN BUNYANIt is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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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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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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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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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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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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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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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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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
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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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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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