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 CALVINMen are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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.
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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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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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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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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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