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.
JOHN BUNYANPrayer 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
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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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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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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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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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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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Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
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Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
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