A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.
JOHN BUNYANMen, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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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.
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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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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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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.
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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The more he cast away, the more he had.
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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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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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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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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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