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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.

John Calvin

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
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
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
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
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
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Belief God Man Ourselves
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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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
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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God Goodness Grace Heart Joy
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
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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