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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

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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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
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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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.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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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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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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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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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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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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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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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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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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