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 EDWARDSHe that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify God. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.
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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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A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.
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A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
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We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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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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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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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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