Humility is the light of the understanding.
JOHN BUNYANAnd, 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!
More John Bunyan Quotes
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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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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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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
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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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It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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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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Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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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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For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
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Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
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The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Riches 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.
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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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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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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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