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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSHow can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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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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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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Jesus Christ is both the only price and sacrifice by which eternal redemption is obtained for believers.
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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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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.
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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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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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The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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The material universe exists only in the mind.
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Among the many acts of gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted one to study and contemplate the perfections and beauties of His work of creation. Every new discovery must necessarily raise in us a fresh sense of the greatness, wisdom, and power of God.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
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