"He can make the dry parched ground of……" — John Owen
"He can make the dry parched ground of my soul to become a pool and my thirsty barren heart as springs of water. Yes he can make this habitation of dragons this heart which is so full of abominable lusts and fiery temptations to be a place of bounty and fruitfulness unto Himself"
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John Owen
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176 Quotes by John Owen
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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…
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If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily…
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If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world:…
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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,…
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really…
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Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go…
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As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed…
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If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and…
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Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil…
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More Abominable Quotes
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I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.
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The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the…
— Unknown Author
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The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them…
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
— Immanuel Kant
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How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such…
— Albert Einstein
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... we must drive them [Jews] out like mad dogs, so that we do not become partakers of their abominable…
— Martin Luther
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Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent - slimy,…
— H. L. Mencken
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Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but…
— Susan Sontag
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Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on…
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches,…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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