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Where God takes such pains to teach, we ought to be at pains to learn.

Charles Spurgeon
To be laughed at is no great hardship to me. I can delight in scoffs and jeers. Caricatures, lampoons, and slanders are my glory. But that you should turn from your own mercy, this is my sorrow. Spit on me, but, oh, repent! Laugh at me, but, oh, believe in my Master! Make my body as the dirt of the streets, but damn not your own souls!

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Every man who loses everlasting life rejects it himself. God denies it not to him-he will not come that he may have life.

Charles Spurgeon
When the heart is full of joy, it always allows its joy to escape. It is like the fountain in the marketplace; whenever it is full it runs away in streams, and so soon as it ceases to overflow, you may be quite sure that it has ceased to be full. The only full heart is the overflowing heart.

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Settle this in your heart: Whether I am up or down, the Lord Jesus is the same. Whether I sing or sigh, the promise is true and the Promiser is faithful. Whether I stand on the summit or am hidden in the vale the covenant stands fast and everlasting love abides.

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A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.

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Faith is not a blind thing; for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing; for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing; for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation.

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Love to Jesus is the basis of all true piety, and the intensity of this love will ever be the measure of our zeal for His glory. Let us love Him with all our hearts, and then diligent labor, and consistent living will be sure to follow.

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Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty.

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The sovereign electing grace of God chooses us to repentance, to faith, and afterwards to holiness of living, to Christian service, to zeal, and to devotion.

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I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual.

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Hope sees a crown in reserve, mansions in readiness, and Jesus Himself preparing a place for us, and by the rapturous sight she sustains the soul under the sorrows of the hour.

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Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor stir it, nor add fuel to it, but let it go out by itself. Begin your ministry with one blind eye and one deaf ear.

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The friend of God must not spend a day without God, and he must undertake no work apart from his God.

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Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, "Ready for either".

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The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ.

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You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question: Am I delivered from the love of sin?

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Some people are never content with their lot, let what will happen. Clouds and darkness are over their heads, alike whether it rain or shine. To them every incident is an accident, and every accident a calamity.

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Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original

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The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict, force and fervor, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well.

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If you truly believe in Jesus, it is for life. Saving faith is a life-long act.

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Too many think lightly of sin, and therefore think lightly of the Savior.

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If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.

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If Christ were only a cistern we might soon exhaust his fullness but who can drain a fountain?

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There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself-it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God.

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I have preached God's truth, so far as I know it, and I have not been ashamed of its peculiarities. That I might not stultify my testimony, I have cut myself clear of those who error from the faith, and even from those who associate with them.

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The saved man is not a perfect man, but his heart's desire is to become perfect.

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The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

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Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to learn how to forgive.

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Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward & portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy

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