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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

Jonathan Edwards

Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Cover Hell Man Walk
Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
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Improvement Lose Moments Myself Possible Profit Time
Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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Appearance Charm Holy Soul
God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
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Glory God Himself
Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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Business Heart Life Love Principle
There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
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Agreement Love People Time Universe
Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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Beautiful Blessing Delight God Himself Rise Spiritual
Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
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Better End Possible Respect Time
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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Heaven Natural Ourselves Travel Way
The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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Delight Humility World
The material universe exists only in the mind.
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Existence Material Mindset Universe
Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
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Agreement God Ideas Truth
Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.
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Happiness Jealous People Satisfaction Spirit
There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
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God Prayer Privacy Way Work
I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.
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Life Mindset Myself Proposition
Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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Follow God Love Man Stand

Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

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