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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

John Calvin

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
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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Beyond God Greatness Human Understand
We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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Life Ourselves Purity Spirit True
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
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 Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
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Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture Truth
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Change Design Forgiveness Heart Himself Spirit
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
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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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
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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Belief God Man Ourselves
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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Experience Joy Meditation Recognition Sorrow Suffering
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Expectation Faith God Himself Place Promise

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

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