The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
JOHN BUNYANThis hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let’s neither faint nor fear.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray; none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.
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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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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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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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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.
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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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The more he cast away, the more he had.
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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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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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
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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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I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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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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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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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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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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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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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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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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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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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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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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