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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

John Calvin

The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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God Happiness Men Seek
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
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
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
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
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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Charity Goodness Insult Respect
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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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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God Humility Men Pride Spirit

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