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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

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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Criticism Inspirational Life Praise Wasted
The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
JOHN BUNYAN

Day Himself Loss Man Reason Search Truth
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Finding Myself See Temptation Time
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Bottle Community Eyes God Love Tears
A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
JOHN BUNYAN

Count Himself Madness Man
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
JOHN BUNYAN

Man Religion Throw World
The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
JOHN BUNYAN

Best Enough Myself Prayer World
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
JOHN BUNYAN

Easy Hit Mark Oneself Understand Word
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
JOHN BUNYAN

Man Scripture Temptation Trial Understand
To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
JOHN BUNYAN

Better Command Law News Run Wings Work
Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
JOHN BUNYAN

Bright Cloud Darkness Water
Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
JOHN BUNYAN

Deep Heaven Old Truth
Hope is never ill when faith is well.
JOHN BUNYAN

Faith Hope Well
If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won’t do whatever they want, they’ll do whatever He wants.
JOHN BUNYAN

Himself People Punishment Remove
Prayer is a shield to the soul.
JOHN BUNYAN

Prayer Protection Soul
I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
JOHN BUNYAN

Conscience Day End Stay
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
JOHN BUNYAN

Best God World
To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
JOHN BUNYAN

Humble Lost Seek World
The more he cast away, the more he had.
JOHN BUNYAN

Let Go One Liner Receive
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!
JOHN BUNYAN

Earth Greatness Mystery Name Sin World
It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.
JOHN BUNYAN

Education Life Person Poor Pride
Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
JOHN BUNYAN

Better Grace Greatness
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Defeat Exception Guard Hurt Man
It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
JOHN BUNYAN

Country Growth Tree Winter
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
JOHN BUNYAN

Man Sleep Sweet
The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
JOHN BUNYAN

Destruction Leadership Road
I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
JOHN BUNYAN

Best Finding Thinking 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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