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.
JONATHAN EDWARDSResolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
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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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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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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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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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You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature’s holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun’s beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun’s brightness, though immensely less in degree.
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The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
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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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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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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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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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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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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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