I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
JONATHAN EDWARDSIf there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.
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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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How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake him here?
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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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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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The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider… abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.
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There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.
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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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He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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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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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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When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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