In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
JOHN BUNYANGod, 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.
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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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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
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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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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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It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
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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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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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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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No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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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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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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