He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.
JONATHAN EDWARDSSurely 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.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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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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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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Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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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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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
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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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When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
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They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due
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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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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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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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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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