The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
JONATHAN EDWARDSA man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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He that lives a prayerless life, lives without God in the world.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.
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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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The Spirit of God is given to the true saints to dwell in them as his proper lasting abode to dwell in them and to influence their hearts as a principle of new nature or as a divine supernatural spring of life and action.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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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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Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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