Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
JOHN CALVINThe first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
More John Calvin Quotes
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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