The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
JOHN CALVINYou must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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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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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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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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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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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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