I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
The God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand one day a book of Martin Luthers; it was his Comment on Galatians . . . . I found my condition in his experience so largely and profoundly handled, as if his book had been written out of my heart . . . .… — John Bunyan Copy Share
To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“it is common for those that have called themselves His servants, after awhile to give Him the slip, and return again to me.” — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“The preeminent job of the church is to equip Christian for life's challenges. This requires the emphasis on being fitted with tested armor. He is tutored in the Word of God. He is encouraged to rely on the Lord alone through faith in His promises and providence. He is drilled in the doctrines of salvation and is encouraged to allow… — John Bunyan Copy Share
“So he had them into the slaughter house, where was a butcher killing a sheep. And behold, the sheep was quiet and took her death patiently. Then said the Interpreter, "You must learn of this sheep to suffer, and put up wrongs without murmurings and complaints. Behold how quietly she takes her death! And without objecting she suffereth her skin… — John Bunyan Copy Share
I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“...I am for going on, and venturing my eternal state with Christ, whether I have comfort here or no; if God doth not come… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“Evangelist spoke from his heart with great passion. “You cannot be justified by the works of the law, because it isn’t how one follows the law or the good things they do that rids one of their burden. This makes Worldly Wiseman nothing more than an illegal guide and Mr. Legality a cheat. As for Legality’s son Civility, he is… — John Bunyan Copy Share
God speaks once, yea twice, yet Man perceiveth it not, in a Dream, in a Vision of the night, when deep Sleep falleth upon… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image