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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.

John Calvin

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Give Up God Myself
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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God Goodness Grace Heart Joy
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
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 must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Death Exception God Suffering
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
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Break Fall Himself Hurt Prayer
The 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.
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Act Effort God Goodness Willing
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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Adversity Dangerous Doubt Men Praise Prosperity Success
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
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

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