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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.

John Calvin

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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God Hope Ourselves Strength Weakness
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Book God Religious Talk
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
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Book Darkness God Religious View
The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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Animal Book Oneself Path Religious Voice
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
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
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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Fools Gift God Himself Place Stupidity Worship

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