Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
JONATHAN EDWARDSThe pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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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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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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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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They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due
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Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
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A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
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Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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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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One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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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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