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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.

John Calvin

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
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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Experience Joy Meditation Recognition Sorrow Suffering
We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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Food Laughter Music Satisfaction Wine
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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Endurance Enjoyment Evil Luxury Preparation Yourself
The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
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Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture Truth
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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Action Belief Fly Inspirational Learning Myself
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering

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