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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.

John Calvin

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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Alone Faith Justice Religious Wisdom
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
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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Adversity Dangerous Doubt Men Praise Prosperity Success
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
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
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
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
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
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
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Book Darkness God Religious View
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
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
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
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 Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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Endurance Enjoyment Evil Luxury Preparation Yourself
The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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Animal Book Oneself Path Religious Voice
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
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

Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.

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