Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
JOHN BUNYANRiches 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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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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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
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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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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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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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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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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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Doth Jesus Christ stand up to plead for us with God, to plead with him for us against the devil? Let this teach us to stand up to plead for him before men, to plead for him against the enemies of his person and gospel.
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There hath not one tear dropped from thy tender eye against thy lusts, the love of this world, or for more communion with Jesus Christ, but as it is now in the bottle of God.
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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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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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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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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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Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.
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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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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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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
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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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Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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