Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
JOHN CALVINPrayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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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.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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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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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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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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