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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.

John Bunyan

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
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Defeat Exception Guard Hurt Man
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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God Heaven Invitation Man Willing
If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.
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Criticism Inspirational Life Praise Wasted
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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Man Scripture Temptation Trial Understand
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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Man Sleep Sweet
At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?
JOHN BUNYAN

Day Judgment Result Talk
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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Awake Heart Time Wake Up
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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Man Religion Throw World
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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Blessing Himself Man Save Thinking
Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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Deep Heaven Old Truth
Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
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Each Other Fall Flower Garden Heaven
I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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Gratitude Myself Satisfaction
It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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Beginning Call Grace Mindset Profit Soul
I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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Finding God Hard Prayer Swallow
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
JOHN BUNYAN

Goodness Poor Time

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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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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