Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
JONATHAN EDWARDSFrom love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.
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The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
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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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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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If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.
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From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.
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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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Wicked people will on the day of judgment see all there is to see of Jesus Christ, except His beauty and loveliness
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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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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 pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.
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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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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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