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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

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
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Blessing God Responsibility
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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Dog God Myself Silence Truth
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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Inspirational Joy Man Nature Spiritual World
Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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Evil God Himself Kind Preparation Unique Worth
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Action Election God Spirit Word Work
How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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Believe Creation Election God Himself World
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Cruel God Judgement Nation Rule
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 must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember

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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