Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
JOHN CALVINWhen I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
More John Calvin Quotes
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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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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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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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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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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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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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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