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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

John Calvin

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
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Blessing God Responsibility
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
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
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Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
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
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember
We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Death Exception God Suffering
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
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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Believe God Idol Men Mindset
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
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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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

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