Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
JOHN CALVINYou must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
More John Calvin Quotes
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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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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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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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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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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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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