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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.

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
I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
JOHN BUNYAN

Finding God Hard Prayer Swallow
I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
JOHN BUNYAN

Chain Deliver Freedom Myself Preach
Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
JOHN BUNYAN

Effort Myself Run Walk
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
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
Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.
JOHN BUNYAN

Goodness Liberty License Limitation Man
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
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
JOHN BUNYAN

Belief Faith Open Opportunity Yourself
If you release me today, I’ll preach tomorrow.
JOHN BUNYAN

Myself Preach Release
If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.
JOHN BUNYAN

Hard Lying Regret Sin
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
JOHN BUNYAN

Beat Experiment Heart Known
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Assistance Help Medium Object Prayer
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
An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
JOHN BUNYAN

Brain Devil Man Workshop
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

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