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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.

Jonathan Edwards

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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Better Enjoyment God Heaven Infinite
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
Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
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God Important Knowledge Ourselves
A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Absurd Greatness Proud Religious
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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Beginning Glory Grace Perfection
There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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God Hell Man Moments Pleasure
Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
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Education Effect Family Grace Order Prosperity
He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Afraid Heart Need Trust
He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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Affection Business Himself Knowledge Religion
How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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Expectation Forever God Himself
The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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Gratitude Heaven Love Misery View
Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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Desire Easy Expectation Live World
True boldness for Christ transcends all, it is indifference to the displeasure of either friends or foes. Boldness enables Christians to forsake all rather than Christ, and to prefer to offend all rather than to offend Him.
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Bold Himself Offend Transcendence True
The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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Creature God Happiness
Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
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Faith Ingredient Love Practice Soul
A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
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Beginning God Himself Holy Love True
Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.
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Goodness Love Ourselves Virtue
He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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God Live Prayer World
Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.
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Evil Exception Goodness Reality Talk
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
Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
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Death Live Myself
Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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Believe Forever God Price Sacrifice
The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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Devil God Grace Operation Save Spirit
Trust in God and ye need not fear.
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Fear God Need Trust Yourself
Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions.
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Action Easy God Word
Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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Eyes Forever
We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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God Ourselves Power Step

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