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 BUNYANTemptation provokes me to look upward to God.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
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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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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth.
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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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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!
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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.
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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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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?
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
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