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He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.
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A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees…
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If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God,…
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If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least,…
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We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.
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Labour to grow better under all your afflictions, lest your afflictions grow worse, lest God mingle them with more darkness, bitterness and…
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made…
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it…
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Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go to God…
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As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams;…
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If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in…
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Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him…
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Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in…
— William Gurnall
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Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.
— John Angell James
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The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s,…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so!…
— John Owen
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We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven – the lust of the flesh, the lust of…
— J C Ryle
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It is sweet to feel by what fine spun threads our affections are drawn together.
— Laurence Sterne
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
— Daniel Boone
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Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or…
— Euripides
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Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into…
— Pierre Charron
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We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply,…
— Matt Chandler
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COMMEMORATION Blessed art Thou, O Lord who didst bring forth of water moving creatures that have life, and whales, and winged fowls:…
— Lancelot Andrewes
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